State Ex Rel. Redden v. Davis

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “the trial judge had no [inherent] power to dismiss after the verdict of guilty was received and filed”
• there is no authority either at common law or under Oregon statutes for entry of a judgment notwithstanding the verdict in a criminal case
• court not authorized to grant judgment of acquittal after jury has returned verdict even when trial court finds insufficient evidence to support verdict

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).