State v. Dirks

Defendant appeals from his conviction, after a jury trial, of two counts of custodial interference in the first degree involving two children of another. ORS 163.257. He was sentenced on both counts with the terms to run consecutively. He assigns as error the denial of his motions for judgment of acquittal and for a directed verdict, and the failure of the trial court to merge the convictions for the purpose of sentencing.

It was alleged that defendant transported two children from Oregon to California without any legal authority. The two children, Perry and Janet, first became acquainted with…