State v. Davis/Hamilton

Defendants, who were jointly tried as coperpetrators, appeal, raising 23 assignments of error. Twenty of those assignments — 10 by each defendant — challenge the trial court’s denial of motions for judgment of acquittal on various counts charging robbery in the first degree with a firearm, ORS 164.415, and robbery in the second degree with a firearm, ORS 164.405. As described below, we conclude that the trial court properly denied defendants’ motions for judgment of acquittal in that (1) the state presented legally sufficient evidence on each challenged count; and (2) assuming, without…