State v. Van De Vorren

Defendant1 appeals his conviction for first degree theft by deception. ORS 164.015; ORS 164.055; ORS 164.085. He claims that the trial court erred in denying his motion for judgment of acquittal. We affirm.

We recite the facts in the light most favorable to the state. ORS 136.445; State v. Arnold, 90 Or App 596, 599, 752 P2d 1300, rev den 306 Or 661 (1988). In January, 1986, defendant offered to rent a building in Alturas, California, from Mr. and Mrs. Jones, saying that he planned to open a resturant there. He told the Joneses that he had recently sold a restaurant in Belgium for $720,000 and…