Court Opinion

ID: 6944245
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-24 01:17:01.193798+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:07:50.072537
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PER CURIAM
Petitioner appeals the trial court’s judgment denying his claim for post-conviction relief and requiring him to pay $975 in court-appointed attorney fees. Petitioner raises multiple assignments of error. We affirm on all assignments, without further discussion, except one. We reverse the judgment requiring petitioner to pay attorney fees.
Petitioner filed his petition on September 17, 1997. The statute authorizing the recovery of court-appointed attorney fees, ORS 151.505(1), provides that it applies only in cases in which the first petition was filed after January 1, 1998. In Alexander v. Johnson, 164 Or App 235, 990 P2d 929 (1999), we reversed a judgment requiring that petitioner pay a similar attorney fee, even though the petitioner had not raised the issue to the trial court. In that case, the respondent conceded error, and we exercised our discretion under Ailes v. Portland Meadows, Inc., 312 Or 376, 823 P2d 956 (1991), to reach the unpreserved claim of error and reverse the judgment imposing the repayment of attorney fees.
In this case, respondent also concedes error, relying on Alexander. We accept respondent’s concession of error. There is no statutory authority to require that petitioner pay the costs of his court-appointed attorney.
Portion of judgment imposing compensation obligation to pay $975 for court-appointed attorney vacated; otherwise affirmed.