State v. Clifford

Defendant was convicted after a jury trial of three counts of being an accessory after the fact, OPS 161.230, to two murders and the crime of Taking Away Child with Intent to Detain from Parent, all committed by one Douglas Wright. The sole assignment of error that merits discussion is that the trial court erred in failing to grant defendant’s motions for judgment of acquittal at the end of the state’s case and at the end of all the evidence.

*496It was not disputed at trial that late September 1, 1969, or early September 2, 1969, Douglas Wright killed one Gail Snelling and her mother, Margaret…