State v. Wyatt

The state seeks review of a Court of Appeals’ decision reversing defendant’s convictions for rape, sexual abuse, and delivery of a controlled substance. The Court of Appeals held that the trial court committed reversible error in excluding the testimony of defendant’s expert witness as a sanction for a violation of the reciprocal criminal discovery statutes. State v. Wyatt, 155 Or App 192, 962 P2d 780 (1998). Because we conclude that defendant did not preserve at trial the issue of the appropriate sanction, we reverse the decision of the Court of Appeals.

In preparation for defendant’s trial,…