State v. Baker

779 Submitted August 1, reversed October 9, 2019 STATE OF OREGON, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. SHAWN LEE BAKER, Defendant-Appellant. Polk County Circuit Court 16CR68877; A166529

452 P3d 1066

Defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction for first-degree theft, ORS 164.055, and unlawful entry into a motor vehicle, ORS 164.272. Defendant assigns error to the trial court’s denial of his motion for judgment of acquittal on both counts. He argues that, because the state’s case depended entirely on uncorroborated accomplice testimony, the evidence did not satisfy the indepen- dent evidence rule…