STATE v. GERHARDT

CC 12P3329; SC S063612.

385 P.3d 1049 (2016)

360 Or. 629

STATE of Oregon, Petitioner on Review, v. Scott B. GERHARDT, Respondent on Review.

Supreme Court of Oregon.

November 25, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith L. Kutler, Assistant Attorney General, Salem, argued the cause and filed the brief for petitioner on review. Also on the brief were Ellen F. Rosenblum, Attorney General, Paul L. Smith, Deputy Solicitor General, and Cecil A. Reniche-Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General.

Morgen E. Daniels, Deputy Public Defender, Salem, argued the cause and filed the brief for respondent on review. Also on the brief was Ernest G. Lannet, Chief Defender.

Erin K. Olson, Law Office of Erin K. Olson, P.C., Portland, filed the brief for amici curiae S.G. (crime victim), National Crime Victim Law Institute, and Oregon Crime Victims Law Center. Also on the brief were Margaret Garvin, Portland, and Rosemary W. Brewer, Portland.

Before, Balmer, Chief Justice, and Kistler, Walters, Landau, Baldwin, and Brewer, Justices, and Shorr, Justice pro tempore.


LANDAU, J.

Defendant was convicted of strangling his wife. At sentencing, the trial court awarded the victim restitution for attorney fees that she incurred to enforce a no-contact order that the court had previously entered while defendant was in jail as well as to obtain a permanent protective order. The issue in this case is whether those attorney fees may be awarded as restitution under ORS 137.106...

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