State v. Pitt

A jury convicted defendant of two counts of first-degree unlawful sexual penetration, ORS 163.411, and two counts of first-degree sexual abuse, ORS 163.427. Defendant appealed, assigning error to the trial court’s order denying his motion in limine 1 to exclude evidence of prior uncharged sexual misconduct involving the victim, A, and another individual, R. The Court of Appeals affirmed defendant’s convictions, concluding that the trial court did not err in declining to exclude the challenged evidence because it was relevant to bolster the victim’s credibility in identifying defendant as her…