STATE v. PIERCE

94-05-6636C; CA A91564

962 P.2d 35 (1998)

153 Or. App. 569

STATE of Oregon, Respondent, v. Steven James PIERCE, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided April 22, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laura Graser, Portland, argued the cause and filed the brief for appellant.

Douglas F. Zier, Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Hardy Myers, Attorney General, and Virginia L. Linder, Solicitor General.

Before RIGGS, P.J., and LANDAU and WOLLHEIM, JJ.


LANDAU, Judge.

Defendant was convicted of racketeering, ORS 166.720, based on his successful efforts, through letters on his law office letterhead, to induce medical providers to accept reduced payments of their billed charges for services to his client by misrepresenting the amount of insurance settlements that had been negotiated. The conviction was based on predicate charges of theft by deception, ORS 164.085, and issuing a false statement, ORS 165.100. On appeal...

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