State v. Barnett

Defendant appeals his convictions of rape in the third degree, ORS 163.355, 1 and sodomy in the third degree, ORS 163.385. 2 He assigns error to the trial court’s refusal to subpena the victim’s venereal disease records, the court’s refusal to appoint counsel for his defense, the court’s refusal to grant a continuance, and the court’s overruling of his demurrer. We affirm.

Defendant requested that the victim’s venereal disease records be subpenaed on the basis that, if those records showed, as defendant stated they would, that the victim had venereal disease at the time that defendant was…