State v. Ford

Defendant appeals his conviction for failure to appear in the first degree, ORS 162.205, assigning error to the trial court’s denial of his motion for a judgment of acquittal on that charge. In particular, he contends that the state failed to prove that the release agreement on which the state based the charge released him “from custody,” as required by the statute. ORS 162.205(l)(a). In determining whether a trial court correctly denied a criminal defendant’s motion for a judgment of acquittal, we view the evidence in the light most favorable to the state to determine whether any rational…