State v. Medley

A jury convicted defendant of attempted first-degree theft, ORS 164.055(1), and unlawful entry into a motor vehicle. ORS 164.272. Defendant assigns error to the trial court’s refusal to merge the jury’s verdicts on those charges into a single conviction. We affirm.

Portland police received a tip that defendant was trying to pick up a motorcycle that did not belong to him while it was lying on its side on a residential street. When an officer arrived at the scene, defendant was sitting on the motorcycle, trying to start the engine. After the owner of the motorcycle confirmed that she did not…