State v. Hill

Defendant was convicted after jury trial of rape in the first degree, ORS 163.375, and sodomy in the first degree, ORS 163.405. On appeal, he assigns error to the trial court’s failure to grant on its own motion a judgment of acquittal, the trial court’s denial of his motion for a mistrial, and the trial court’s imposition of consecutive sentences. We affirm.

Defendant raises the issue of the sufficiency of the evidence for the first time on appeal, having failed to preserve the issue in the trial court. Oregon appellate courts have repeatedly stated that the question of the sufficiency of the…