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2011 Oregon Revised Statutes
ORS Volume 4, Chapters 131 - 170
ORS Chapter 136
136.445 Motion for acquittal; standard for granting motion; effect.
OR Rev Stat § 136.445 (through Leg Sess 2011) What's This?
In any criminal action the defendant may, after close of the state s evidence or of all the evidence, move the court for a judgment of acquittal. The court shall grant the motion if the evidence introduced theretofore is such as would not support a verdict against the defendant. The acquittal shall be a bar to another prosecution for the same offense. [Formerly 136.605]
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