State v. Hutchison

Defendant appeals his convictions for 41 counts of various sexual offenses committed against his minor stepdaughters. He contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion to dismiss the indictment on statute of limitations grounds. We affirm.

We state the facts in the light most favorable to the state, which prevailed at trial. State v. Cervantes, 319 Or 121, 125, 873 P2d 316 (1994). Melissa, the older of the two stepdaughters, was born in 1978. Her younger sister, Rebecca, was born in 1980. Between 1986 and 1991, defendant sexually abused both children. He began sexually abusing…