State v. Beauvais

Defendant appeals a judgment convicting him of a single count of first-degree sex abuse. ORS 163.427. He assigns error to the circuit court’s denial of his motion in limine to exclude expert witness testimony concerning a diagnosis of child sexual abuse, as well as the evaluative criteria underlying that diagnosis that, in defendant’s view, impermissibly commented on the credibility of the complaining witness in this case. The Court of Appeals affirmed defendant’s conviction. State v. Beauvais, 261 Or App 837, 322 P3d 1116 (2014). For the reasons now explained, we affirm the decision of the…