State v. Cox

Defendant was charged in separate indictments in Multnomah County and Marion County with aggravated theft in the first degree, ORS 164.057, for the theft of over $10,000 worth of aluminum. Defendant pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated theft “by receiving” on the Multnomah County indictment. Approximately five months later, the Marion County Circuit Court denied defendant’s motion to dismiss the count of the Marion County indictment alleging aggravated theft of the aluminum. Following trial, a jury convicted defendant on that count.

Defendant appealed his Marion County conviction for…