State v. George

Defendant appeals his conviction for robbery in the second degree. ORS 164.405. He assigns error to the admission of a codefendant’s hearsay statements, the denial of his motion for judgment of acquittal, and the trial court’s comments during jury instructions. He also raises numerous constitutional challenges to Ballot Measure 11, under which he received a 70-month sentence. We affirm.

Defendant and two codefendants were involved in the theft of two cases of beer from a Plaid Pantry convenience store on August 18, 1995. At the time of arrest, codefendant Love told a police officer that he…