State v. Simmons

EDMONDS, S. J.

Defendant appeals a judgment of conviction for the lesser included offense of first-degree manslaughter, ORS 163.118(l)(a), after a jury trial.1 On appeal, he assigns as error the denial of his motions for a judgment of acquittal. We affirm.

Defendant was indicted in 2010. The 15-year-old victim disappeared during the evening of November 6,1996, in rural Jackson County, after being last seen on that date with defendant at his trailer where he lived at the time. The remains of the victim’s body were found in April 2008, in a field approximately 80 feet from the trailer. Defendant…