State v. Hiner

Defendant was convicted of failure to report as a sex offender, former ORS 181.599(1) (d) (2011), renumbered as ORS 181.812(l)(d) (2013), and assigns error on appeal to the trial court’s denial of his motion for a judgment of acquittal on the crime.1 He contends that the trial court misconstrued former ORS 181.599(l)(d) and, as a result, erred in concluding that the state was not required to prove that he had acquired a new residence in order to convict him of the crime. We agree with defendant and, accordingly, reverse.

Defendant was convicted in 2004 of sexual offenses. Among other things,…