State v. Depeche

Defendant appeals a judgment of conviction for one count of felony failure to report as a sex offender, ORS 181.599 (2005), 1 assigning error to the trial court’s denial of his motion for a judgment of acquittal. He argues that the evidence is insufficient to prove that he committed the offense because he attempted to make a timely report and was prepared to comply with all of the statutory requirements for reporting, but his report was refused. As explained below, we agree with defendant that his statutory obligation to report was satisfied and, accordingly, reverse.

The relevant facts are…