State v. Sorrow

40 Argued and submitted May 3, reversed and remanded June 3, 2021 STATE OF OREGON, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. CHRISTOPHER DANIEL SORROW, Defendant-Appellant. Coos County Circuit Court 18CR29531; A172166

489 P3d 1127

To obtain access to mental health treatment, defendant handed a bank teller a note that stated, “I have a bomb. Put the money in the bag,” then sat in the lobby of the bank with the money, waiting for police to arrive. At the close of defendant’s bench trial for first-degree theft, ORS 164.055, and second-degree robbery, ORS 164.405, defendant argued that the state was required to…