State v. Henley

813 Argued and submitted January 29, affirmed April 21, 2021 STATE OF OREGON, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. ROBERT LEWIS HENLEY, aka Sonny Henley, Defendant-Appellant. Malheur County Circuit Court 09072338C; A170383

486 P3d 853

Defendant was convicted of first-degree sexual abuse, ORS 163.427, and attempted first-degree sodomy, ORS 163.405, for acts committed against his 11-year-old stepdaughter. On review, the Supreme Court held that a forensic interviewer’s testimony regarding “grooming” of children for sexual abuse con- stituted scientific evidence under OEC 702, such that the trial court erred…