Case Name: STATE OF OREGON, Respondent, v. EARL GLENN EASTMAN, Appellant
Court: Oregon Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Oregon
Decision Date: 1981-04-13
Citations: 51 Or. App. 723
Docket Number: No. 10-79-08891, CA 18018
Parties: STATE OF OREGON, Respondent, v. EARL GLENN EASTMAN, Appellant.
Judges: CAMPBELL, J. PRO TEMPORE.
Reporter: Oregon Reports, Court of Appeals
Volume: 51
Pages: 723–728

Head Matter:
Argued and submitted November 10, 1980; resubmitted in banc April 9,
reversed and remanded for resentencing April 13,
reconsideration denied June 9, petition for review allowed July 21, 1981 (291 Or 368)
STATE OF OREGON, Respondent, v. EARL GLENN EASTMAN, Appellant.
(No. 10-79-08891, CA 18018)
626 P2d 956
Thomas J. Crabtree, Deputy Public Defender, Salem, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief was Gaiy D. Babcock, Public Defender, Salem.
Robert C. Cannon, Assistant Attorney General, Salem, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were James M. Brown, Attorney General, John R. McCulloch, Jr., Solicitor General, and William F. Gary, Deputy Solicitor General, Salem.
CAMPBELL, J. PRO TEMPORE.
Joseph, C. J., filed a dissenting opinion, joined by Thornton and Warren, JJ.
Appointed to Supreme Court December 1, 1980.

Opinion:
CAMPBELL, J.
PRO TEMPORE.
This prosecution arose out of the accidental collision between defendant's car and a motorcycle. Two persons riding the motorcycle were severely injured. Defendant left the scene of the accident without first giving his name, address and motor vehicle registration number and without rendering reasonable assistance to the injured persons, as required by statute. He was convicted of felony hit and run. ORS 483.602. The court sentenced defendant to pay restitution to the injured motorcyclists in the amount of $25,180.74. Defendant appeals from the order of restitution.
The court's authority to order restitution as part of a sentence is provided by statute. The court may order restitution to be made only to a victim of defendant's criminal activities. ORS 137.106(1). Victim is defined in ORS 137.103(4) as any person who "has suffered pecuniary damages as a result of defendant's criminal activities." (Emphasis supplied.) Pecuniary damages means all special damages "which a person could recover against the defendant in a civil action arising out of the facts or events constituting the defendant's criminal activities." ORS 137.103(2). Criminal activities are any offense for which defendant is convicted or any other criminal conduct which he admits. ORS 137.103(1).
We interpret these statutes as requiring a causal relationship between the conduct for which the defendant is convicted and the damages which the victim suffers. We find no such relationship in this case. Defendant's criminal offense was leaving the scene of an accident in which he was involved without supplying statutorily required information and rendering reasonable assistance to injured persons. This conduct did not produce any injuries. The record contains no evidence that the victims' injuries were aggravated by defendant's failure to render immediate assistance. As far as we can tell, the injuries were the result of the accident which preceded defendant's crime and are not subject to an order of restitution. Defendant's conviction in no way establishes his liability for the damages suffered by the "victim." Fault is not an element of the crime. The sentence of restitution was, therefore, unauthorized. State v. Dillon, 51 Or App 729, 626 P2d 959 (1981).
The dissent in this case is answered in State v. Dillon, supra.
The order of restitution is vacated.
Reversed and remanded for resentencing.
ORS 483.602 provides in part:
"(1) The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident which results in injury or death to any person or causes damage to a vehicle which is driven or attended by any person, immediately shall stop such vehicle at the scene of the accident, or as close thereto as possible, and shall remain at the scene of the accident until he has fulfilled the requirements of subsection (2) of this section.
"(2) The drivers of any vehicles involved in any accident resulting in injury or death to any person or damage to any such vehicles shall:
"(a) Give to the other driver or surviving passenger, or any person not a passenger injured as a result of such accident, his name, address and registration number of the vehicle which he is driving, and the name and address of any other occupants of such vehicle.
"(b) Upon request and if available, exhibit and give the number of his operator's or chauffeur's license to the persons injured, or to the occupants of or person attending any vehicle damaged.
"(c) Render to any person injured in such accident reasonable assistance, including the conveying or the making of arrangements for the conveying of such person to a physician, surgeon or hospital for medical or surgical treatment, if it is apparent that such treatment is necessary or if such conveying is requested by any injured person.
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"(4)(a) A driver involved in an accident which results in injury or death to any other person and who fails to perform the duties required under subsection (1) of this section commits a Class C felony.
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