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California. The record establishes that any sheep that actually
existed were located on Barnes Ranch in Sacramento, California.
In addition, for all the years at issue, the record shows that
the checks from individual sheep partners were received at the
Elk Grove, California, office and deposited into the RCR account
or the pooling account at the bank located in Elk Grove,
California.
While the record contains evidence that money was deposited
into bank accounts in California during the years at issue, no
evidence was presented showing that the money ever left
California. There is no evidence in the record to establish that
any of the investor funds were ever transferred to the Hoyt
office in Burns, Oregon, or deposited into an Oregon bank account
during any of the years at issue. Further, petitioners failed to
present any evidence that any partnership property was illegally
taken from anywhere in Oregon during any of the years at issue.
Without any evidence to link the investor funds to Oregon,
petitioners cannot possibly prove that Oregon is the jurisdiction
where the alleged thefts occurred. Therefore, due to the lack of
evidence presented on this issue, petitioners have failed to
establish that a theft of partnership property occurred within
the State of Oregon during any of the years at issue. However,
in light of Jay Hoyt’s criminal activities in Oregon, we shall
analyze the three Oregon statutes cited by petitioners to
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