State v. Grigsby

Defendant appeared voluntarily at an arraignment. At the arraignment, he read and signed a release agreement, which ordered him to appear in court on June 13, 2005. When that date arrived, defendant did not appear. He was charged with and convicted of first-degree failure to appear. ORS 162.205. At trial on that charge, defendant moved for a judgment of acquittal on the ground that the state had not established that he had been “released from custody or a correctional facility under a release agreement,” as the law requires. ORS 162.205(1)(a). The trial court denied the motion.

On appeal,…