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242 Or. App. 70

263 P.3d 1016

State v. Stringham

STATE of Oregon, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Jimmy Ray STRINGHAM, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Oregon

Decided April 6, 2011

Court of Appeals of Oregon · decided 2011-04-06

Relies on State v. Lupoli · 238 Or. App. 56 - State v. Bainbridge

Decided 2011-04-06

08121877C; A143575.

¶1Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Submitted February 4, 2011.
Decided April 6, 2011.

¶2Peter Gartlan, Chief Defender, and Ryan T. O'Connor, Senior Deputy Public Defender, Office of Public Defense Services, filed the brief for appellant.

¶3John R. Kroger, Attorney General, Mary H. Williams, Solicitor General, and Matthew J. Lysne, Assistant Attorney General, filed the brief for respondent.

¶4Before SCHUMAN, Presiding Judge, and WOLLHEIM, Judge, and NAKAMOTO, Judge.

¶5PER CURIAM.

¶6Defendant was convicted of first-degree sodomy and first-degree sexual abuse. On appeal, he argues that the trial court erred in admitting an expert's diagnosis that the victim was sexually abused. The state concedes that the trial court erred in admitting the expert's diagnosis over defendant's objection, because the diagnosis was based purely on the victim's credibility and therefore amounted to impermissible vouching. State v. Lupoli, 348 Or. 346, 361-62, 234 P.3d 117 (2010); State v. Bainbridge, 238 Or.App. 56, 59, 241 P.3d 1186 (2010). We agree with the state's concession. Accordingly, we reverse defendant's convictions and remand for a new trial.[1]

¶7Reversed and remanded.

NOTES

¶8[1] Defendant also argues that the court erred in instructing the jury. Given our disposition, we need not reach those assignments of error.

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