STATE v. EASTMAN

TC 10-79-08891 and 79-30062; CA 18018 and 17710; SC 27826.

637 P.2d 609 (1981)

292 Or. 184

STATE of Oregon, Petitioner, v. Earl Glenn EASTMAN, Respondent. State of Oregon, Petitioner, v. John Peter Kovach, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Oregon.

Decided December 9, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David B. Frohnmayer, Atty. Gen., Salem, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on petition were William F. Gary, Sol. Gen., and Richard David Wasserman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem. On brief were James M. Brown, Atty. Gen., John R. McCulloch, Jr., Sol. Gen., William F. Gary, Deputy Sol. Gen., and Robert C. Cannon, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem.

Thomas J. Crabtree, Deputy Public Defender, Salem, argued the cause for respondent Eastman. With him on brief was Gary D. Babcock, Public Defender, Salem.

Robert H. Nagler, Public Defender Services of Lane Co., Inc., Eugene, argued the cause and filed brief for respondent Kovach.

Before DENECKE, C.J., and TONGUE, LENT, LINDE, PETERSON and TANZER, JJ.


TANZER, Justice.

The issue presented by these two consolidated cases is whether a defendant convicted of leaving the scene of an accident without performing statutory duties may be sentenced to pay restitution for damages resulting from the accident. We granted the state's petition for review in this case, along with petitions in State v. Dillon, 292 Or. 172, 637 P.2d 602, and State v. Tuma...

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