Case Name: STATE OF OREGON, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. STACY QUINN RADTKE, Defendant-Appellant
Court: Oregon Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Oregon
Decision Date: 2016-02-10
Citations: 276 Or. App. 459
Docket Number: 14C40648; A157031
Parties: STATE OF OREGON, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. STACY QUINN RADTKE, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before Armstrong, Presiding Judge, and Hadlock, Chief Judge, and Egan, Judge.
Reporter: Oregon Reports, Court of Appeals
Volume: 276
Pages: 459–460

Head Matter:
Submitted December 22, 2015,
portion of judgment requiring defendant to pay-attorney fees reversed, otherwise affirmed February 10, 2016
STATE OF OREGON, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. STACY QUINN RADTKE, Defendant-Appellant.
Marion County Circuit Court
14C40648; A157031
367 P3d 966
Peter Gartlan, Chief Defender, and Ernest G. Lannet, Assistant Chief Defender, Office of Public Defense Services, filed the brief for appellant.
Ellen F. Rosenblum, Attorney General, Paul L. Smith, Deputy Solicitor General, and Michael S. Shin, Assistant Attorney General, filed the brief for respondent.
Before Armstrong, Presiding Judge, and Hadlock, Chief Judge, and Egan, Judge.
PER CURIAM

Opinion:
PER CURIAM
Defendant appeals a judgment of conviction from her guilty plea for second-degree assault, ORS 163.175. Among other terms, the trial court ordered defendant to pay $1,660 in court-appointed attorney fees. On appeal, defendant assigns error only to the imposition of attorney fees. Defendant acknowledges that she did not preserve her claim of error, but contends that we should exercise our discretion under ORAP 5.45(1) to correct the error because the trial court ordered her to pay those fees without first considering her ability to pay. The state concedes that the trial court's imposition of attorney fees constitutes plain error under our decision in State v. Coverstone, 260 Or App 714, 320 P3d 670 (2014) (holding that the imposition of court-appointed attorney fees is plain error where the record is silent as to the defendant's ability to pay the fees ordered). We agree that the trial court committed plain error, accept the state's concession, and conclude that it is appropriate to exercise our discretion to correct the error in this case for the reasons stated in Coverstone — viz., the gravity of the error, the length of defendant's prison term, and the lack of any evidence of financial resources. Id. at 716-17; see also State v. Fleet, 270 Or App 246, 247, 347 P3d 345 (2015) (reversing as plain error $980 in court-appointed attorney fees based on the amount of fees, five-year prison term, and lack of evidence in the record suggesting that the defendant would be able to pay the fees).
Portion of judgment requiring defendant to pay attorney fees reversed; otherwise affirmed.