Court Opinion

ID: 9537346
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 07:16:22.988091+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:56:28.859581
License: Public Domain

ON REHEARING
GOODWIN, J.
On petition for rehearing, the state asks the court to remand the cause for a new trial. The proposed mandate following our original opinion orders the defendant’s discharge and the exoneration of bail. In the ordinary case, when reversal is required because of erroneous instruction, a new trial is ordered. *364However, it is clear that a new trial need not he ordered unless it is “necessary or proper.” OPS 138.240. The court is of the opinion that no useful purpose will he served by another trial. Prior to the first trial the defendant was committed temporarily to the Eastern Oregon State Hospital for a mental examination. He remained in custody for some time. Following his conviction the defendant was given a suspended jail sentence of one year and was ordered to return to the state hospital. The year has passed.
It is now contended by the state that the defendant has not been prejudiced by the events described because he was entitled to an automatic stay of execution upon filing notice of his appeal. OPS 138.130. The record does not make clear whether the defendant actually enjoyed a stay of execution or whether subsequent events resulted in further court appearances.
To the extent that our original opinion may have left the impression that the defendant must request a stay of execution, it is corrected to indicate that no stay of execution need be requested. OPS 138.130 grants the stay of execution automatically unless the defendant requests otherwise.
In adhering to our former opinion and ordering the mandate to go down discharging the defendant, or exonerating his bail as the case may be, we do not rely entirely upon the ambiguity in the record concerning events after sentence was pronounced. It is clear from the entire record that the trial judge correctly viewed the ease as one which suggested medical rather than criminal procedures. It is neither necessary nor proper to put either party to the burden of another trial in this particular ease.
Former opinion adhered to as corrected.