State v. Peterson

pro tempore

Defendant appeals his convictions for resisting arrest, ORS 162.315, and harboring a runaway, former Portland City Code (PCC or code) 14.28.070 (1999).1 He assigns error to the trial court’s denial of his motions for judgment of acquittal with respect to each charge. We affirm.

“We view the evidence in the light most favorable to the state to determine whether a rational trier of fact, making reasonable inferences, could have found the essential elements of the crime proved beyond a reasonable doubt. The issue is not whether we believe defendant is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt,…