State v. Reed

Defendant and another were convicted by the court① of the crime of entering a motor vehicle with intent to steal. He alone appeals, and on the sole ground that his motion for judgment of acquittal and for a directed verdict should have been granted.

Accordingly the evidence must be examined in the light most favorable to the state. State v. Zauner, 250 Or 105, 441 P2d 85 (1968); State v. Thornton, 246 Or 377, 425 P2d 529 (1967). The incident occurred between 3.45 a.m. and 4 a.m. on the premises of a major wholesale beer distributor. The budding was in an outlying heavy commercial, light…