STATE v. WALKER

01-1015; A117626.

86 P.3d 690 (2004)

192 Or. App. 535

STATE of Oregon, Appellant, v. William Charles WALKER, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided March 24, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kaye E. McDonald, Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause for appellant. With her on the briefs were Hardy Myers, Attorney General, and Mary H. Williams, Solicitor General.

Rankin Johnson IV, Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Peter A. Ozanne, Executive Director, Office of Public Defense Services.

Before LANDAU, Presiding Judge, and ARMSTRONG and BREWER, Judges.


LANDAU, P.J.

At issue in this case is whether the six-year statute of limitations for first-degree sodomy was triggered by a child telling her school teacher about the incident that gave rise to the offense. The trial court held that it was and dismissed the indictment against defendant, who was charged some eight years after the victim reported the incident to her teacher. We affirm.

The relevant facts are not disputed. H was born on March 21, 1986. In November...

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