State v. Pugh

Defendant was convicted on 18 counts of first-degree encouraging child sexual abuse, ORS 163.684 (2001).1 He appeals the trial court’s denial of his motions for a judgment of acquittal based on the state’s failure to prove that he knowingly duplicated an image of sexually explicit conduct involving a child and the state’s failure to prove venue. For the reasons explained below, we affirm.

In reviewing a denial of a motion for judgment of acquittal, we view the facts in the light most favorable to the state to determine whether a rational trier of fact could have found the elements of the crime…