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State v. Dillon

Citations

  • 637 P.2d 602
  • 292 Or. 172
  • 1981 Ore. LEXIS 1179

How courts have described this case

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  • concluding that “res- titution was clearly not intended to be the equivalent of a civil award” and emphasizing that the statute’s purpose was penal rather than compensatory
  • applying that analysis to an award of restitution under ORS 137.103 and 137.106
  • examining the legislative history of the restitution statute and concluding that “restitution is a sen- tencing device authorized instead of, or in addition to, incar- ceration”
  • examining the legislative history of the restitution statute and concluding that “restitution is a sen- tencing device authorized instead of, or in addition to, incar- ceration”
  • allowing 5 restitution for damage to the sheriff’s car that defendant hit with his own car because such damage “is an item of damages for which defendant could have been civilly liable under any recognized formulation of tort law”
  • the defendant could be required to pay costs of police apprehension of him, including damage to police vehicle caused by police gunfire

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Judges: Denecke, Tongue, Lent, Linde, Peterson, Tanzer

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