State v. Goetzinger

Defendant appeals a judgment of conviction for one count of criminal mistreatment in the second degree, ORS 163.200. The basis for the charge was defendant’s failure to seek medical attention for her infant daughter after discovering that her husband had bruised the child. Defendant assigns error to the trial court’s denial of her motion for a judgment of acquittal (MJOA), which was based on the insufficiency of the state’s evidence. She also assigns error to the trial court’s determination of guilt, contending that the trial court applied an incorrect legal standard in making that…