State v. Thompson

Defendant was convicted of failure to register as a sex offender, ORS 181.599 (2007).1 On appeal, he assigns error to the trial court’s denial of his motion for judgment of acquittal on the ground that the state failed to prove venue. Defendant argues that the state presented no evidence of where he committed the offense, where he resided at the time of the offense, or where he was subsequently arrested. We conclude that, on the record before us, the state failed to establish venue. Accordingly, we reverse.

The relevant facts are undisputed. Defendant was required to register as a sex offender…