Case Name: In the Matter of the Contempt of Martin R. Capetz. STATE OF OREGON, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Martin R. CAPETZ, Defendant-Appellant
Court: Oregon Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Oregon
Decision Date: 2009-10-07
Citations: 231 Or. App. 330
Docket Number: M07070115; A136626
Parties: In the Matter of the Contempt of Martin R. Capetz. STATE OF OREGON, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Martin R. CAPETZ, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before Haselton, Presiding Judge, and Armstrong, Judge, and Rosenblum, Judge.
Reporter: Oregon Reports, Court of Appeals
Volume: 231
Pages: 330–331

Head Matter:
Submitted September 4,
reversed and remanded October 7, 2009
In the Matter of the Contempt of Martin R. Capetz. STATE OF OREGON, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Martin R. CAPETZ, Defendant-Appellant.
Malheur County Circuit Court
M07070115; A136626
218 P3d 568
Rankin Johnson IV filed the brief for appellant.
John R. Kroger, Attorney General, Jerome Lidz, Solicitor General, and Carolyn Alexander, Senior Assistant Attorney General, filed the brief for respondent.
Before Haselton, Presiding Judge, and Armstrong, Judge, and Rosenblum, Judge.
PER CURIAM

Opinion:
PER CURIAM
Defendant, an attorney, appeals a judgment of contempt entered after he failed to appear at his client's sentencing hearing. On appeal, defendant argues (1) that the record does not establish that his conduct was willful and (2) that his conduct did not occur in the court's presence. See ORS 33.096 (providing, in part, that "[a] court may summarily impose a sanction upon a person who commits a contempt of court in the immediate view and presence of the court"); ORS 33.015(2) (defining contempt as particular acts "done willfully"). A discussion of the facts would be of no benefit to the bench, the bar, or the public. The state concedes that the record does not contain evidence that defendant's conduct was willful. See Patchett and Patchett, 156 Or App 69, 72, 964 P2d 1114 (1998) (reversing a trial court's determination that "wife is guilty of contempt because the record does not support a finding that wife violated the dissolution judgment willfully"). Based on our review of the record, we agree that the record contains no evidence that defendant's conduct was willful and accept the state's concession. Accordingly, we reverse the judgment of contempt.
Reversed and remanded.
In light of our disposition, we need not address defendant's alternative contention that his conduct did not occur in the court's presence.