State v. McAuliffe

In this criminal case, defendant appeals, assigning error to the trial court’s denial of his motion for a judgment of acquittal on one count of unlawful use of a weapon with a firearm. ORS 166.220(l)(a); ORS 161.610. Because we conclude that the state presented legally sufficient evidence to support a finding that defendant carried or possessed a shotgun with the intent either to use it to injure another person or to use it to threaten to immediately injure another person, we affirm.

We review the denial of a motion for a judgment of acquittal to determine whether, after viewing the evidence…