State v. Simonsen

Defendant appeals a judgment convicting him of unauthorized use of a vehicle (UUV), ORS 164.135, for taking and driving his mother’s car after she denied consent.1 He challenges the trial court’s jury instructions regarding ownership of the vehicle. Defendant acknowledges that he did not preserve his assignments of error but argues that the trial court committed plain error and that we should exercise our discretion to correct the error. We conclude that the trial court did not commit plain error and, accordingly, affirm.

A person commits the crime of UUV by, as relevant here, using “another’s…