State v. Davis

Decision Date02 December 1992
Citation843 P.2d 460,116 Or.App. 607
PartiesSTATE of Oregon, Respondent, v. Lawrence William DAVIS, Appellant. 86CR0241; CA A70732.
CourtOregon Court of Appeals

Neil W. Jackson, Portland, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief was Jackson & Vause, P.C.

Janie M. Burcart, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, argued the cause for respondent. With her on the brief were Charles S Crookham, Atty. Gen. and Virginia L. Linder, Sol. Gen.

Before RICHARDSON, P.J., and DEITS and DURHAM, JJ.

DEITS, Judge.

Defendant was originally convicted in 1986 of racketeering and failure to appear. ORS 166.720; ORS 162.205. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison on the racketeering charge. By stipulation, restitution to the victims of the racketeering activities was imposed as part of the sentence on the failure to appear charge. On that charge, the court suspended sentence, imposed five years probation and required defendant to pay restitution of $59,449.50, attorney fees of $2,100 and a $50 penalty assessment. Defendant was found to be in violation of his probation at a hearing on May 1, 1991. The trial court imposed the suspended sentence of five years with a two and one-half year minimum and ordered that defendant, as a condition of his parole, pay the remaining restitution of $37,902.50 within five years after his release from the penitentiary. The trial court also ordered that defendant's $5,000 security deposit be applied to the restitution balance. Defendant moved for release of the security and reconsideration of sentencing. The trial court denied the motion.

In his first two assignments of error, defendant challenges the trial court's order of restitution as a condition of his parole and the requirement that he pay it within five years of his release from incarceration. 1 We agree that the trial court was without authority to order restitution as a condition of parole. State v. Kipp, 52 Or.App. 1011, 1014, 630 P.2d 394 (1981). However, we interpret the judgment to order defendant to pay restitution as part of his sentence but to suspend payment until he is paroled. ORS 137.106; see State v. Gaines, supra n. 1, 103 Or.App. at 647, 798 P.2d 730. A trial court has authority to order that payment of restitution be made within a specified time and to delegate the setting of the payment schedule to the parole officer, which it did here. ORS 161.675(1); State v. Wilcher, 96 Or.App. 603, 773 P.2d 803 (1989).

Defendant also assigns error to the trial court's order withholding his security deposit and applying it to the restitution obligation. He acknowledges that a trial court may withhold the deposit to pay costs. See State v. Grant, 44 Or.App. 671, 673, 606 P.2d 1166 (1980). However, he contends that the court was without authority to do that here, because the money was deposited by another person and because it was applied to satisfy his restitution obligation, not costs. We are not aware of any requirement that money deposited as security by a third party be treated any differently than if it were deposited by the defendant. State v. Grant, supra, 44 Or.App. at 674, 606 P.2d 1166; see also Rosentreter v. Clackamas County, 127 Or. 531, 534, 273 P. 326 (1928).

A court has broad discretion to retain some or all of a security deposit. Even a defendant who has performed all of the conditions of his release agreement and has satisfied all obligations in the cause is still not necessarily entitled to the return of his security deposit after release costs. ORS 135.265(2). 2 We have held that a trial court may lawfully withhold a defendant's security deposit to satisfy "obligations under the judgment." State v. Grant, supra, 44 Or.App. at 674, 606 P.2d 1166. In this case, restitution was one of defendant's obligations. We conclude that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in ordering that defendant's security deposit be withheld...

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  • State v. Laune
    • United States
    • Oregon Court of Appeals
    • April 15, 2020
    ...withhold the return of the security deposit applies whether or not the source of the deposit was a third party."); State v. Davis , 116 Or. App. 607, 610, 843 P.2d 460 (1992) ("We are not aware of any requirement that money deposited as security by a third party be treated any differently t......
  • State v. Morales
    • United States
    • Oregon Supreme Court
    • November 19, 2020
    ...deposited as security by a third party be treated any differently than if it were deposited by the defendant." State v. Davis , 116 Or. App. 607, 610, 843 P.2d 460 (1992).In our view, the impact of the 1979 amendment requires a closer examination than the Court of Appeals has given it. As d......
  • In re Jeffries, Bankruptcy No. 692-65238-fra7
    • United States
    • U.S. Bankruptcy Court — District of Oregon
    • November 15, 1995
    ...in bankruptcy under 11 U.S.C. § 524. See, e.g., John Deere Co. v. Epstein, 91 Or.App. 195, 755 P.2d 711 (1988), State of Oregon v. Davis, 116 Or.App. 607, 843 P.2d 460 (1992), State of Oregon v. Sprang, 137 Or.App. 418, 904 P.2d 1092 When a civil action related to a bankruptcy case is comme......
  • State v. Sprang
    • United States
    • Oregon Court of Appeals
    • October 25, 1995
    ...that a preconviction discharge in bankruptcy of his civil debt to the victims bars the restitution order. In State v. Davis, 116 Or.App. 607, 610, 843 P.2d 460 (1992), we applied Kelly v. Robinson, 479 U.S. 36, 50, 107 S.Ct. 353, 93 L.Ed.2d 216 (1986), to hold that a chapter 7 discharge in ......
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