State v. Jaha

After a trial to the court, defendant was convicted of giving false information to a police officer for a citation. ORS 162.385. He appeals, assigning as error the court’s denial of his motion for judgment of acquittal. We reverse.

After receiving a report of an apparent theft of gasoline in progress, Deputy Oxford went to the scene, where he encountered and stopped defendant. Shortly after, Deputy Zacher arrived and began interrogating defendant. In the course of that interrogation, defendant lied to Zacher about his name and date of birth. When Zacher determined defendant’s true identity, he…