State v. Guy

Defendant appeals a judgment of conviction for three counts of sexual abuse in the first degree, ORS 163.427, and three counts of sexual abuse in the third degree, ORS 163.415, 1 all based on incidents involving his stepdaughter. He assigns error to the trial court’s denial of his motion for a judgment of acquittal, arguing that his stepdaughter’s inconsistent and contradictory recounting of events so deprived her testimony of credibility that the state’s evidence was legally insufficient to support a finding of guilt. Defendant also contends that the trial court’s denial of his motion for a…