State v. Weilert

Defendant was charged in Wheeler County Circuit Court with 28 counts of various sex offenses. At trial, defendant moved for judgment of acquittal on all counts, arguing that the state had failed to prove that the offenses occurred in Wheeler County.1 The trial court denied the motion, and a jury subsequently convicted defendant on all counts. Defendant appeals, assigning error to the denial of his motion for judgment of acquittal. After the parties submitted their briefs in this case, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in State v. Mills, 354 Or 350, 312 P3d 515 (2013), in which it held,…