State v. Sterling

Defendant was convicted in a jury trial of two counts of first degree rape, ORS 163.375; one count of first degree sodomy, ORS 163.405; and two counts of sexual abuse, ORS 163.425, all of wMch occurred in one episode in Clackamas County on October 29, 1972. Venue was changed to Lane County. The trial judge sentenced for the rapes and sodomy, holding that the sexual abuse offenses merged in the others.

The only error assigned on tMs appeal is the allowance, over continued objection, of evidence concerning a similar' sexual episode allegedly perpetrated by the same defendant on two other victims…