State v. Hite

Defendant seeks reversal of his convictions for four counts of sodomy in the first degree, ORS 163.405, and two counts of rape in the first degree, ORS 163.375. He argues that the trial court erred in refusing to admit evidence about the victim’s drug use, his health problems, and in admitting into evidence exhibits that included photographs of nude females found in his house. We affirm.

Defendant was indicted and convicted in 1992 of sodomizing and raping his daughter when she was between nine and 14 years old. The victim testified that the abuse stopped in 1984. In 1988, at age 18, she…