State v. Patterson

Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him of escape in the second degree under ORS 162.155(l)(b), a crime that requires an escape from custody “imposed as a result” of a felony conviction. Defendant contends that the custody from which he escaped — an attempted arrest pursuant to an order suspending his post-prison supervision (PPS) — was not custody “imposed as a result” of his felony convictions within the meaning of ORS 162.155(l)(b). Defendant, thus, assigns error to the trial court’s denial of his motion for judgment of acquittal on the crime of second-degree escape and seeks…