State v. O'Guist, 579 P.2d 871

PER CURIAM.

Defendant, upon trial by jury, was convicted ‍​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‍of sexual abuse in the second degree, ORS 163.415. His principal assignment of error is that ‍​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‍the court erred in permitting two witnesses to relate out-of-court statements of the complaining ‍​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‍witness. The error, if any, was harmless because defendant’s version of the facts as ‍​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‍voluntarily stated to a police officer and another witness was substantially the same as ‍​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‍the out-of-court statements of the complaining witness.

Affirmed.

Case Details

Case Name: State v. O'Guist

Court Name: Court of Appeals of Oregon

Date Published: May 30, 1978

Citations: 579 P.2d 871; 34 Or. App. 693; 1978 Ore. App. LEXIS 2559; DA 127729, CA 10139

Docket Number: DA 127729, CA 10139

Court Abbreviation: Or. Ct. App.