State v. JOSEPH CHARLES ELVIG

This case presents the question whether a person who is in custody at a correctional facility commits the crime of unauthorized departure when he is granted a temporary release but fails to return on time. Defendant was convicted after a bench trial on stipulated facts and now assigns error to the trial court’s denial of his challenge to the legal sufficiency of the evidence. We view the evidence in the light most favorable to the state to determine whether any rational trier of fact could have found, beyond a reasonable doubt, the essential elements of the offense. State v. Forrester, 203 Or…