Ayer v. Coursey

Petitioner appeals the post-conviction court’s judgment denying him relief from his convictions for first-degree rape, ORS 163.375, first-degree sodomy, ORS 163.405, and first-degree sexual abuse, ORS 163.427. He argues that his trial counsel was inadequate under Article I, section 11, of the Oregon Constitution and ineffective under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution in failing to properly litigate the state’s motion to exclude all evidence that the victim had been abused in the past by other people, in failing to cross-examine the victim, and in failing to…