State v. Torres

The state appeals from a judgment merging into a single conviction defendant’s convictions on 21 counts of felon in possession of a firearm. ORS 166.270. On appeal, the state argues that the trial court erred in merging defendant’s convictions because the charged offenses are “victimless crimes,” and ORS 161.067(3), the statute upon which the court relied in merging the convictions, applies only to crimes having a “personal” victim. For the reasons that follow, we conclude that the trial court properly merged defendant’s convictions. Defendant cross-appeals, and we reject his contentions on…