State v. Christine

In this consolidated appeal, defendants, who are husband and wife, challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to support their convictions for robbery in the first degree. See ORS 164.415. The convictions were based on evidence that defendants forced state protective service caseworkers at gunpoint to turn over a state-owned van in which defendants’ children were being transported to foster care. A short distance later, defendants abandoned the van and absconded with the children in a different vehicle. On appeal, the only issue is whether the abandonment of the van and its contents precludes…