Case Name: STATE OF OREGON, Respondent, v. WILBUR BENEDICT JOHNSON, Appellant
Court: Oregon Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Oregon
Decision Date: 1982-08-25
Citations: 58 Or. App. 747
Docket Number: T80-8-1788; CA A21133
Parties: STATE OF OREGON, Respondent, v. WILBUR BENEDICT JOHNSON, Appellant.
Judges: Before Buttler, Presiding Judge, and Warden and Warren, Judges.
Reporter: Oregon Reports, Court of Appeals
Volume: 58
Pages: 747–748

Head Matter:
Argued and submitted February 26,
vacated; remanded for resentencing August 25, 1982
STATE OF OREGON, Respondent, v. WILBUR BENEDICT JOHNSON, Appellant.
(T80-8-1788; CA A21133)
650 P2d 143
David Ray Fowler, Oregon City, argued the cause and filed the brief for appellant.
Stephen F. Peifer, Assistant Attorney General, Salem, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Dave Frohnmayer, Attorney General, and William F. Gary, Solicitor General, Salem.
Before Buttler, Presiding Judge, and Warden and Warren, Judges.
PER CURIAM.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Defendant appeals his conviction for the traffic crime of driving under the influence of intoxicants. ORS 487.540. He contends, and the state concedes, that the trial court erred in admitting into evidence a prior DUII conviction which did not indicate that defendant validly waived the right to counsel at the time he pleaded guilty. State v. Grenvik, 291 Or 99, 628 P2d 1195 (1981).
The question remains as to what disposition we should make of this case, given the trial court's error in relying on the earlier judgment to enhance defendant's sentence to that applicable to a traffic crime. The case was tried to the court, so it cannot be contended that the erroneous admission of defendant's prior conviction was made known to a jury and thereby prejudiced their deliberations on the principal charge. There is, therefore, no need for a new trial. The appropriate disposition is to remand the case for resentencing as a traffic infraction. See State v. Mattila, 52 Or App 743, 629 P2d 845 (1981).
Sentence vacated; case remanded for resentencing.