Legal Opinion
State v. Swader
Court of Appeals of Oregon
Decided March 13, 1985No. 10-82-06460; CA A28791PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtWarren, J.
Defendant appeals his conviction for sodomy in the first degree, ORS 163.405, claiming that: (1) his confession was made involuntarily and without the required Miranda warnings; (2) the court erred in admitting evidence of the victim’s statements to his father; and (3) the state failed to present evidence adequate to corroborate defendant’s confession, as required by ORS 136.425(1). We affirm.
The victim, a boy, was three years old at the time of the offense. Defendant’s wife had provided care for the child in defendant’s home on several occasions before the offense. On July 22,1982, the child…
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