State ex rel. Juvenile Department v. Jackson

In this juvenile delinquency proceeding, child was found to be within the jurisdiction of the court, pursuant to ORS AlSAlQiVjia),1 for committing an act that would constitute sexual abuse in the first degree, ORS 163.427,2 if he were an adult. He contends that the court erred in denying his request for a jury trial, in admitting into evidence a videotape of an interview between the victim and a social worker, and in finding that he sexually abused the victim. We affirm.

Child’s eleven-year-old cousin alleged that he had sexual contact with her. Child was charged in juvenile court with the…