State v. Ferguson

In this criminal case, defendant was charged by indictment with one count of unlawful possession of methamphetamine (Count 1), ORS 475.894, and two counts of felon in possession of a firearm (Counts 2 and 3), ORS 166.270(1). A jury found defendant guilty of those charges, and the trial court entered a judgment convicting defendant of all three counts. Defendant appeals that judgment raising two assignments of error.

In his first assignment of error, defendant asserts that the trial court erred by denying his motion for judgment of acquittal (MJOA) on the two felon-in-possession counts. In his…