State v. Hobbs

Defendant appeals a judgment of conviction of two counts of second-degree sodomy, ORS 163.395. We write to address defendant’s first eight assignments of error, all of which relate to the admissibility of particular excerpts, including 10 entire pages, from the victim’s journal; we reject the other assignments of error without discussion, and affirm.

The following facts are pertinent to our review. During her eighth-grade school year, when she was 13 years old, the victim lived with her sister and her sister’s husband, defendant, because she and her mother were having conflicts. During her…