State of Oregon v. Aguilar-Pineda

Hillsboro, Oregon, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree rape. ORS 163.375; one count of first-degree sodomy, ORS 163.405; two counts of second-degree rape, ORS 163.365; two counts of first-degree sexual abuse, ORS 163.427; and two counts of luring a minor, ORS 167.057. The conduct for which defendant was convicted arose out of defendant’s alleged long-term sexual
abuse of his stepdaughter, M, who was 15 years old at the time of trial.

Reported by Kent Morlan

The state called M as its first witness at trial. M, who had previously testified before the grand jury and had given statements to police, CARES, and the prosecutor, ini-tially declined to speak, other than to state that she felt “not good” about being there. For 20 to 30 minutes, during which the court called two recesses, the prosecutor and the court attempted to persuade M to testify. After the second
recess, M agreed to answer questions by the prosecutor and defense, and she did testify.

Affirmed

See: https://cdm17027.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p17027coll5/id/42036/rec/1