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holding that "mere possession of drugs when [the defendant] was taken by police to a correctional facility is not legally sufficient to prove that he voluntarily introduced contraband into that facility . . . even if, as the state argues, defendant's arrest and the discovery of the drugs were 'readily foreseeable consequences' of his prearrest conduct." (citing State v. Delaney, 71 P.3d 93 (Or. App. 2003) (per curiam))
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CF010351; A115416.
Argued and submitted April 30, 2003.
Filed: June 26, 2003.
Appeal from Circuit Court, Umatilla County. Ronald J. Pahl, Judge.
Shawn Wiley, Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief was David E. Groom, Acting Executive Director, Office of Public Defense Services.
Janet A. Metcalf, Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent. With her on the brief were Hardy Myers, Attorney General, and Mary H. Williams, Solicitor General.
Before HASELTON, Presiding Judge, and LINDER and WOLLHEIM, Judges.
PER CURIAM.
Judgment on Count 2 reversed and remanded for resentencing; otherwise affirmed.
After a trial to the court, defendant was convicted of supplying contraband. ORS 162.185. Defendant appeals, arguing that the trial court erred by concluding that he voluntarily introduced contraband into the Umatilla County Jail when, while in possession of methamphetamine, police took him there after arresting him. Defendant is correct that his mere possession of drugs when he was taken by police to a correctional facility is not legally sufficient to prove that he voluntarily introduced contraband into that facility. See State v. Tippetts , 180 Or. App. 350, 43 P.3d 455 (2002). That is so even if, as the state argues, defendant's arrest and the discovery of the drugs were "readily foreseeable consequences" of his prearrest conduct. State v. Delaney , 187 Or. App. 717, 718, P.3d(2003).
The only remaining question is the proper disposition. Defendant did not move for a judgment of acquittal. Rather, at the end of the state's case, in his closing argument to the court, defendant argued that the state had not adduced legally sufficient evidence of a voluntary act, which is required to establish criminal culpability. See ORS 161.095(1). That argument is the equivalent of a motion for judgment of acquittal. See State v. Hamilton , 186 Or. App. 729, 731 n 2, 64 P.3d 1215 (2003). Accordingly, we reverse defendant's conviction for supplying contraband and remand for resentencing.
But see State v. Schodrow , 187 Or. App. 224, 231-32, 66 P.3d 547 (2003) (reversing and remanding for new trial where trial court did not decide material element and there was proof sufficient to withstand a motion for judgment of acquittal); State v. Andrews , 174 Or. App. 354, 366, 27 P.3d 137 (2001) (same).
Judgment on Count 2 reversed and remanded for resentencing; otherwise affirmed.