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3 Or. App. 245

State v. Donche

Court of Appeals of Oregon

Decided July 9, 1970

Court of Appeals of Oregon · decided 1970-07-09

Decided 1970-07-09

PER CURIAM.

¶1The defendant, upon trial by jury, was found *246guilty of burglary not in a dwelling. He appeals principally on the ground that the trial court should have granted his motion for judgment of acquittal for lack of sufficient evidence to create a jury question as to his guilt.

¶2On May 20, 1968, at about 1:30 a.m., a man noticed an automobile cruising back and forth in front of a market in Portland. He noticed two men get out of the vehicle and enter the market. He then called the police.

¶3The officers who investigated the call found two men in the store, the defendant and one Dizick, The officers noted physical evidence indicating that the store was or very recently had been in the process of being burglarized.

¶4The defendant’s testimony was that on the previous day he had been repairing Dizick’s automobile, that Dizick had loaned the automobile to one Wilson who did not return it; that based on their knowledge of Wilson’s intention to burglarize the market in question the defendant and Dizick had driven to the store in an attempt to locate Wilson and the automobile. The defendant offered no evidence other than his own testimony. Neither Dizick nor Wilson were called as witnesses.

¶5We do not find it too surprising that the jury chose not to believe the defendant’s story. To say the least, the evidence supports the jury’s verdict.

¶6The only other assignment of error made by the defendant is that the jury found him guilty by a verdict of 10-2 rather than by unanimous verdict. Such a verdict is proper. State v. Gann, 254 Or 549, 463 P2d 570 (1969).

¶7'Affirmed.

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