Case Name: STATE OF OREGON, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. ISAAC DANIEL RIOS, Defendant-Appellant
Court: Oregon Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Oregon
Decision Date: 2016-02-24
Citations: 276 Or. App. 600
Docket Number: C130417CR; A156812
Parties: STATE OF OREGON, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. ISAAC DANIEL RIOS, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before Sercombe, Presiding Judge, and Tookey, Judge, and DeHoog, Judge.
Reporter: Oregon Reports, Court of Appeals
Volume: 276
Pages: 600–601

Head Matter:
Submitted January 20,
portion of judgment requiring defendant to pay attorney fees reversed, otherwise affirmed February 24,
petition for review denied August 4, 2016 (360 Or 236)
STATE OF OREGON, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. ISAAC DANIEL RIOS, Defendant-Appellant.
Washington County Circuit Court
C130417CR; A156812
368 P3d 76
Peter Gartlan, Chief Defender, and Ingrid A. MacFarlane, Deputy Public Defender, Office of Public Defense Services, filed the brief for appellant.
Ellen F. Rosenblum, Attorney General, Paul L. Smith, Deputy Solicitor General, and Greg Rios, Assistant Attorney General, filed the brief for respondent.
Before Sercombe, Presiding Judge, and Tookey, Judge, and DeHoog, Judge.
PER CURIAM

Opinion:
PER CURIAM
Defendant appeals a judgment of conviction for attempted murder. ORS 161.405; ORS 163.115. He was sentenced to 90 months in prison and ordered to pay, among other amounts, $1,800 in court-appointed attorney fees. He raises two assignments of error on appeal. We reject defendant's first assignment of error without discussion, and write only to address his second assignment, in which he contends that the trial court plainly erred in ordering him to pay court-appointed attorney fees in the absence of evidence that he is or may be able to pay those fees. See ORS 151.505(3) (the court may not require a person to pay costs, including court-appointed attorney fees, "unless the person is or may be able to pay the costs"); ORS 161.665(4) (same). The state concedes that "the trial court plainly erred by imposing $1,800 in attorney fees when the record was silent as to his ability to pay them." We agree. See State v. Chavez, 263 Or App 187, 326 P3d 629, rev den, 356 Or 163 (2014) (the imposition of court-appointed attorney fees is plain error where the record is silent as to the defendant's ability to pay those fees); State v. Coverstone, 260 Or App 714, 320 P3d 670 (2014) (same). Furthermore, for the reasons articulated in Coverstone, we conclude that it is appropriate to exercise our discretion to correct the plain error. In particular, the error is grave in light of the amount of fees ordered, the length of defendant's prison term, and the lack of evidence in the record suggesting that defendant would be able to pay the fees. See Coverstone, 260 Or App at 716-17; see also State v. Fleet, 270 Or App 246, 247, 347 P3d 345 (2015) (exercising discretion to correct plain error under similar circumstances); State v. Crimmins, 267 Or App 316, 317, 341 P3d 750 (2014) (same). Accordingly, we accept the state's concession, and reverse that portion of the judgment.
Portion of judgment requiring defendant to pay attorney fees reversed; otherwise affirmed.