State v. Wright

The state appeals a pretrial order that admitted evidence regarding the victim in a sexual abuse case under OEC 412. It contends that the evidence concerns the victim’s past sexual behavior and should not have been admitted.

Defendant was charged in a single indictment with three counts of sexual abuse in the first degree involving a girl who, at the time of trial in 1986, was 11 years old. He offered twelve items of evidence concerning the victim’s past behavior. The court held a hearing and issued an order admitting evidence to establish the following: 1(1) The victim and her sister had…