State v. Ritchie

In this consolidated appeal, defendant appeals his conviction of burglary in the first degree and the concurrent sentences imposed for that conviction and for his conviction of first degree forgery. ORS 165.013, 164.225.

Three rifles were stolen from a ranch near Sutherlin, Oregon, and were discovered by police buried beneath dirt and leaves in a rural area east of Sutherlin close to a gate near Milepost 1 on County Road 22A. An accomplice, Robert Gottfried, testified that he, defendant and Tom Street, went to the ranch to visit an acquaintance of defendant’s, but that when no one was found at…