State v. Nickerson

Defendant appeals a judgment of conviction for one count of second-degree assault, ORS 163.175, and one count of tampering with physical evidence, ORS 162.295. We affirm those convictions without written discussion and write only to address defendant’s second assignment of error, which challenges the trial court’s imposition of court-appointed attorney fees. Defendant concedes that this assignment of error is unpreserved but requests that we review it as plain error. We conclude that the trial court plainly erred and exercise our discretion to correct the error. We therefore reverse and…