State v. Rose

In a trial to the court, defendant was convicted of one count of first degree rape, ORS 163.375, 1 two counts of second degree rape, ORS 163.365, 2 one count of third degree rape, ORS 163.355, 3 and one count of second degree sexual abuse. ORS 163.415. 4 He appeals only the rape convictions, arguing that the state failed to prove venue in Deschutes County. We affirm.

Defendant resided in Deschutes County at all relevant times. He is an acquaintance of the victim’s family and, on occasion, took the victim, a mentally retarded teenage girl, 5 for drives. On two of those occasions he raped her, 6…