Court Opinion

ID: 9794257
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 03:02:11.775501+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:13:31.239085
License: Public Domain

WARREN, J.,
dissenting.
As president of the corporation, defendant stipulated that his company was “liable” for restitution to Chase Logging Company. Liability to pay can only arise from guilt. Thus, the company admitted the criminal conduct for which restitution is sought. Because the evidence in the record shows that defendant was the only corporate employe at the time of the illegal conduct, the trial court could conclude that defendant necessarily had admitted that he actually committed the acts constituting the crime. “An officer of a corporation can be held criminally responsible for an unlawful corporate act where that act is done [by or] at the officer’s direction.” State v. Baker, 48 Or App 999, 1003, 618 P2d 997 (1980); ORS 161.175. Accordingly, I would affirm the trial court’s order requiring defendant to pay restitution to Chase Logging.
I dissent.