State v. Skaggs

Defendant was convicted in a jury trial of theft in the first degree, assault in the second degree, robbery in the third degree and unauthorized use of a vehicle. He appeals, assigning as error (1) denial of his motion for a directed verdict of acquittal for robbery, (2) entering of a separate conviction for robbery, and (3) entering of a separate conviction for unauthorized use of a vehicle.1

Late in the evening of October 25, 1976, defendant and another person were accosted by a Clackamas County deputy sheriff while they were apparently in the act of stealing a vehicle. The officer engaged…