State v. Keller

Defendant was convicted of sexual abuse in the first degree, ORS 163.427, 1 involving a five-year-old child. On appeal, he argued that the trial court erred in permitting a medical doctor to testify, on direct examination during the state’s case-in-chief, that the child had not been “coached” or “led” when she made the allegations against defendant and in denying defendant’s motion to strike that testimony. The Court of Appeals affirmed defendant’s conviction without opinion. State v. Keller, 110 Or App 635, 823 P2d 457 (1992). We reverse the decision of the Court of Appeals and the judgment…