State v. Cox

Defendant appeals a judgment of conviction for five counts of sodomy in the first degree (Counts 1-5), ORS 163.045, and two counts of sexual abuse in the first degree (Counts 6 and 7), ORS 163.427. Defendant was charged in a single, multiple-count indictment in 2011, after allegations came to light that he had repeatedly sodomized and sexually abused his daughter, W, for years when she was a minor. Those allegations were the basis for Counts 1 through 6. While investigating those allegations, police learned that a second relative, C, had previously accused defendant of sexually abusing her on…