State v. O'Hara

Defendant appeals a judgment of conviction for first-degree rape, ORS 163.375, and first-degree sexual abuse, ORS 163.427. Defendant assigns error to the trial court’s denial of his motion for a judgment of acquittal on both charges on the ground that the state did not present sufficient evidence of forcible compulsion, a common element of both offenses. Defendant also makes two other assignments of error, which we reject without extended discussion. We affirm.

We review the trial court’s denial of a motion for judgment of acquittal to determine whether, viewing the evidence in the light most…