State v. Zibulsky

HADLOCK, P J.

The state charged defendant with various crimes arising from her involvement in her elderly father’s financial affairs, including first-degree theft, first-degree criminal mistreatment, and identity theft. She appeals the resulting judgment of conviction, asserting that the trial court erred in denying her motions for a judgment of acquittal (M JOAs) on three of the identity-theft counts for which a jury ultimately convicted her. See ORS 165.800 (stating crime of identity theft). Two of those counts were premised on the state’s contention that defendant had unlawfully…