State v. Sanders

(Pro tempore)

The defendant was found guilty of attempted rape. No motion for a directed verdict was made to the trial eourt. Nevertheless, the defendant now asserts in his only assignment of error that the trial court should have directed a verdict of acquittal.

State v. Kloss, 222 Or 237, 352 P2d 732 (1960), reiterated that even in a criminal case the alleged erroneous rulings of the trial court will not be reviewed unless the alleged error was called to the trial court’s attention by the appropriate procedure. Certain types of alleged errors in capital cases are an exception. State of Oregon…