State v. Arellano

Defendant appeals his convictions and sentences for two counts of rape in the first degree, ORS 163.375, and one count each of sodomy in the first degree and menacing in the first degree, ORS 163.405; ORS 163.190. He assigns error to, among other things, the trial court’s exclusion of testimony as to a victim’s prior false accusation of sexual assault and to his sentence. We affirm.

We state briefly only those facts relevant to the issues on appeal. Defendant’s 12-year-old stepdaughter accused him of multiple sexual assaults during 1993 while her mother was at work. At trial, defendant sought…