Court Opinion

ID: 9790807
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 01:59:49.978559+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:37:31.751093
License: Public Domain

WARREN, P. J.,
dissenting.
I do not agree with the majority that this is the type of unpreserved error that we should exercise our discretion to review. Accordingly, I dissent.
*556Defendant did not object to imposition of a compensatory fine for failure to perform the duties of a driver to injured persons, a Class C felony. On appeal, he concedes that, under ORS 161.625, afine of up to $100,000 could have been imposed for a Class C felony but argues that the fine should not have been imposed, because the victim’s damages arose from reckless driving, not from the failure to assist the injured victim. In the light of the extensive actual damages defendant caused the victim,1 and the fact that the fine imposed is within the court’s authority for a Class C felony, we should not exercise our discretion under ORAP 5.45(2) to review the error.
I dissent.

 The record indicates that the victim sustained between $65,000 and $100,000 in actual damages.