State v. Blake

The issue in this criminal case is whether the trial court should have merged defendant’s guilty verdicts for one count of forgery in the first degree, ORS 165.013(l)(a), and one count of criminal possession of a forged instrument in the first degree, ORS 165.022(1), when both counts were based on the single act of attempting to make a purchase with a forged $100 bill. The trial court entered a judgment of conviction on two counts, and the Court of Appeals affirmed without opinion. State v. Blake, 225 Or App 501, 201 P3d 941 (2009). We allowed review and now reverse and remand to the circuit…