State v. Shepherd

Defendant pleaded guilty to unauthorized use of a vehicle, attempting to elude a police officer while in a motor vehicle, and driving under the influence of intoxicants. As part of defendant’s sentence, the court ordered her to pay $18,145.30 in restitution, ORS 137.106, and $1,200 as a compensatory fine, ORS 137.101. On appeal, defendant argues that the trial court erred in ordering the compensatory fine because such fines are authorized only for objectively verifiable monetary losses and the state did not adduce any evidence that the $1,200 met that criterion. Because that argument differs…