State v. Buyes

Defendant appeals a judgment of conviction for two counts of first-degree sodomy, ORS 163.405, and three counts of first-degree sex abuse, ORS 163.427. The offenses charged in the indictment involved conduct against one victim (defendant’s nephew) in the 1990s and conduct against a second victim (another nephew of defendant) more than a decade later. On appeal, defendant raises two assignments of error. In the first assignment, defendant contends that the trial court should have granted his motion to sever the charges related to each victim. In the second assignment, defendant argues that the…