State v. Mather

Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of two counts of failure to appear in the first degree, ORS 162.205.1 On appeal, defendant asserts that the trial court erred in denying his motion for judgment of acquittal on both counts of first-degree failure to appear because there was insufficient evidence that he had been released from “custody or a correctional facility” within the meaning of ORS 162.205. We conclude that the evidence was sufficient to establish that defendant was released from a “correctional facility” for purposes of ORS 162.205 and, accordingly, affirm.

In reviewing…