State v. Patino-Ochoa ( 2021 )

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Submitted November 8; in Case No. 18CR27215, conviction on Count 1 remanded
for resentencing, otherwise affirmed; in Case No. 18CR57235, convictions on
Counts 1, 2, 3, 6, and 7 reversed and remanded, remanded for resentencing,
otherwise affirmed December 15, 2021
STATE OF OREGON,
Plaintiff-Respondent,
v.
ROMAN PATINO-OCHOA,
aka Ramon Patino-Ochoa,
Defendant-Appellant.
Marion County Circuit Court
18CR27215, 18CR57235;
A173702 (Control), A173703
502 P3d 783
Lindsay R. Partridge, Judge.
Ernest G. Lannet, Chief Defender, Criminal Appellate
Section, and Meredith Allen, Deputy Public Defender, Office
of Public Defense Services, filed the brief for appellant.
Ellen F. Rosenblum, Attorney General, Benjamin Gutman,
Solicitor General, and Weston Koyama, Assistant Attorney
General, filed the brief for respondent.
Before Ortega, Presiding Judge, and Shorr, Judge, and
Powers, Judge.
PER CURIAM
In Case No. 18CR27215, conviction on Count 1 remanded for
resentencing; otherwise affirmed. In Case No. 18CR57235,
convictions on Counts 1, 2, 3, 6, and 7 reversed and remanded;
remanded for resentencing; otherwise affirmed.
Cite as 316 Or App 478 (2021) 479
PER CURIAM
In this consolidated criminal appeal, defendant
appeals from two judgments entered after a single jury trial:
in Case No. 18CR27215, the jury found defendant guilty of
unlawful use of a weapon (Count 1) and menacing constitut-
ing domestic violence (Count 2); and in Case No. 18CR57235,
the same jury found defendant guilty of unlawful use of a
weapon (Count 1), assault in the fourth degree constituting
domestic violence (Count 2), menacing constituting domes-
tic violence (Count 3), burglary in the first degree (Count 4),
kidnapping in the first degree (Count 6), and unlawful
use of a weapon (Count 7), and the court dismissed a first-
degree kidnapping charge (Count 5). Because the jury
returned nonunanimous verdicts on several counts (as well
as nonunanimous verdicts on several enhancement factors
to support upward departure sentences), we reverse and
remand those convictions for the reasons explained below.
We also remand for resentencing the counts where the jury
was unanimous as to the conviction, but nonunanimous as
to a sentencing-enhancement factor. Finally, we reject defen-
dant’s first assignment of error challenging the denial of a
motion for judgment of acquittal without written discussion.
The trial court, over defendant’s objection, instructed
the jury that it could return nonunanimous verdicts, and
the jury returned nonunanimous verdicts on Counts 1, 2,
3, 6, and 7 in Case No. 18CR57235. The state concedes that
the trial court’s instruction was erroneous and that the trial
court erred in accepting nonunanimous verdicts. See Ramos
v. Louisiana, 590 US ___, 140 S Ct 1390, 206 L Ed 2d 583(2020). We agree and reverse and remand those convictions.1
The error does not, however, require reversal of the convic-
tions on which the verdicts were unanimous. See State v.
Kincheloe, 367 Or 335, 339, 478 P3d 507 (2020), cert den, ___
US ___, 141 S Ct 2837 (2021).
Defendant also asserts that the trial court erred
in receiving nonunanimous verdicts on several sentencing
1
To be more precise—and out of a sense of completeness—we note that
“Oregon law requires a unanimous guilty verdict for all charges” but “permits a
not-guilty verdict by a vote of 11 to one or 10 to two.” See State v. Ross, 367 Or 560,
561, 481 P3d 1286 (2021).
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enhancement factors: In Case No. 18CR27215, the firearm
enhancement on Count 1; and in Case No. 18CR57235,
the firearm enhancement on Count 1, the domestic vio-
lence enhancement on Counts 2 and 3, the intent to cause
or threaten to cause physical injury and firearm enhance-
ments on Count 4, and the firearm enhancement on Counts
6 and 7. For the reasons explained in State v. Huynh, 315
Or App 456, ___ P3d ___ (2021), we agree that defendant
was entitled to unanimous jury findings on the sentence-
enhancement factors. Where a conviction is based on a
unanimous verdict, but a sentencing-enhancement factor is
based on a nonunanimous verdict, we affirm the conviction
but remand for resentencing. As applied here, Count 1 in
Case No. 18CR27215 and Count 4 in Case No. 18CR57235
must be remanded for resentencing.
In Case No. 18CR27215, conviction on Count 1
remanded for resentencing; otherwise affirmed. In Case No.
18CR57235, convictions on Counts 1, 2, 3, 6, and 7 reversed
and remanded; remanded for resentencing; otherwise
affirmed.