State v. Reyes-Mauro

Defendant appeals a judgment of conviction of multiple counts of robbery, ORS 164.405; ORS 164.415, and one count of second-degree kidnapping, ORS 163.225. Among other challenges, he assigns error to the admission of certain testimony recounting out-of-court statements made by his codefendant, Ortega, as well as the denial of his motion for a judgment of acquittal on the kidnapping charge. We reject defendant’s other two assignments of error without discussion, reverse defendant’s conviction for second-degree kidnapping, and otherwise affirm.

Because we are called on to determine on the whole…