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GORHAM v. THOMPSON

(96C-12929; CA A100889)

978 P.2d 443 (1999)

159 Or. App. 570

A. Kent GORHAM, Appellant, v. S. Frank THOMPSON, Superintendent, Oregon State Penitentiary, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided April 14, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marc D. Blackman, Portland, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the briefs was Ransom Blackman.

Katherine H. Waldo, Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent. With her on the brief were Hardy Myers, Attorney General, and Michael D. Reynolds, Solicitor General.

Before LANDAU, Presiding Judge, and DEITS, Chief Judge, and WOLLHEIM, Judge.

LANDAU, P.J.

In this proceeding for post-conviction relief, petitioner alleges that he received inadequate assistance of counsel at his criminal trial on multiple counts of rape and sexual abuse. In particular, he alleges that his criminal trial counsel was inadequate in not calling expert witnesses to establish a "false memory" defense and to attack the findings of the state's experts. The post-conviction court found that, in failing to call expert witnesses, criminal...

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