Case Title: State v. Ice

Citation: 

Docket Number: S052248

State: oregon

Court: Oregon Supreme Court

Date: 2009-03-26T00:00:00Z

Document:
FILED: March 26, 2009
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON
STATE OF OREGON,
Respondent on Review, 
v.
THOMAS EUGENE ICE, 
Petitioner on Review. 
(CC 99C49779; CA A111668; SC S052248)
En Banc
Submitted on remand
from the United States Supreme Court on February 17, 2009.*
Ernest G. Lannet,
Deputy Public Defender, Salem, filed the briefs for petitioner on review.  With
him on the briefs were Peter A. Ozanne, Executive Director, and Peter Gartlan,
Chief Defender, Office of the Public Defense Services.
Jonathan H. Fussner,
Assistant Attorney General, Salem, filed the briefs for respondent on review. 
With him on the briefs were Hardy Myers, Attorney General, and Mary H. Williams,
Solicitor General.
PER CURIAM
The court's decision
in State v. Ice, 343 Or 248, 170 P3d 1049 (2007), is modified.  The
decision of the Court of Appeals and the judgment of the circuit court are
affirmed.
*Oregon v. Ice, 555 US ___ , 129 S Ct 711, 172 L Ed 2d 517 (2009).
PER CURIAM
In State v. Ice, 343 Or 248,
170 P3d 1049 (2007), this court rejected  defendant's contention that Article
I, section 11, of the Oregon Constitution requires that a jury, rather than a
judge, find the facts that, under Oregon law, must be present before a judge
can impose consecutive sentences.  At the same time, however, the court held
that the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, as interpreted by the
United States Supreme Court in Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 US 466, 120 S
Ct 2348, 147 L Ed 2d 435 (2000), and Blakely v. Washington, 542 US 296,
124 S Ct 2531, 159 L Ed 2d 403 (2004), does impose such a requirement.  On certiorari,
the United States Supreme Court reversed and remanded, holding that, contrary
to this court's decision, the Sixth Amendment does
not prohibit states from assigning to judges, rather than to juries, the task
of finding the facts necessary for imposition of consecutive sentences.  Oregon
v. Ice, 555 US __ , 129 S Ct 711, 172 L Ed 2d 517 (2009).  On remand, we
modify the part of the court's previous opinion that addresses the jury trial
provision in the Sixth Amendment:  We now hold that the trial court did not
violate defendant's Sixth Amendment rights when it imposed a consecutive
sentence based on the trial judge's fact-finding.  We adhere to the court's earlier
conclusion that Article I, section 11, of the Oregon Constitution similarly does
not require that a jury make the factual findings necessary for imposition of
consecutive sentences.  
The court's decision in State v.
Ice, 343 Or 248, 170 P3d 1049 (2007), is modified.  The decision of the
Court of Appeals and the judgment of the circuit court are affirmed.