STATE v. WEST

10-83-04258; CA A32345.

688 P.2d 406 (1984)

70 Or.App. 167

STATE of Oregon, Respondent, v. Paula Marie WEST, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided September 26, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ross M. Shepard, Public Defender, Eugene, argued the cause and filed the brief for appellant.

Jeff Bennett, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Dave Frohnmayer, Atty. Gen., and James E. Mountain, Jr., Sol. Gen., Salem.

Before BUTTLER, P.J., and WARREN and ROSSMAN, JJ.


ROSSMAN, Judge.

In seeking reversal of her conviction for custodial interference in the first degree, ORS 163.257, defendant assigns as error the trial court's denial of her motion for judgment of acquittal. The thrust of her appeal is that, because she was a joint custodial parent of the child, it would be a "legal impossibility" for her to be found guilty of the specific charge. We disagree and affirm.

Defendant and her former husband, Larry West, were divorced...

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