State v. Febuary

Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of two counts of first-degree sexual abuse, ORS 163.427 (Counts 1 and 4); one count of furnishing alcohol to a minor, ORS 471.410(2) (Count 2); one count of attempted sodomy in the second degree, ORS 163.395; ORS 161.405(2)(c) (Count 3); and one count of harassment, ORS 166.065(4) (Count 7). On appeal, he raises four assignments of error, the first of which is that the trial court erred in refusing to exclude evidence of prior bad acts involving the alleged victim’s two sisters, S and A, because the evidence was insufficient to establish a…