ORS § 136.445 : PROCEDURE IN CRIMINAL MATTERS GENERALLY — CRIMINAL TRIALS —EVIDENCE — Motion for acquittal; standard for granting motion; effect

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.