Case Name: STATE OF OREGON, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. JOEL SHANE MILLER, Defendant-Appellant
Court: Oregon Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Oregon
Decision Date: 2010-10-27
Citations: 238 Or. App. 338
Docket Number: 08C48743; A142126
Parties: STATE OF OREGON, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. JOEL SHANE MILLER, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before Brewer, Chief Judge, and Edmonds, Senior Judge.
Reporter: Oregon Reports, Court of Appeals
Volume: 238
Pages: 338–339

Head Matter:
Argued and submitted September 20,
reversed and remanded October 27, 2010
STATE OF OREGON, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. JOEL SHANE MILLER, Defendant-Appellant.
Marion County Circuit Court
08C48743; A142126
242 P3d 689
Jason E. Thompson argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief was Ferder Casebeer French & Thompson, LLP.
Matthew J. Lysne, Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent. On the brief were John R. Kroger, Attorney General, Jerome Lidz, Solicitor General, and Anna M. Joyce, Assistant Attorney General.
Before Brewer, Chief Judge, and Edmonds, Senior Judge.
PER CURIAM

Opinion:
PER CURIAM
Defendant appeals from his convictions on two counts of first-degree sexual abuse, arguing that the trial court erred in admitting expert testimony by a pediatrician diagnosing sexual abuse in the absence of any physical evidence. Defendant did not preserve that argument in the trial court, however, admission of such evidence is plain error under State v. Southard, 347 Or 127, 218 P3d 104 (2009). For the reasons set forth in State v. Merrimon, 234 Or App 515, 522, 228 P3d 666 (2010), and State v. Lovern, 234 Or App 502, 513-14, 228 P3d 688 (2010), we exercise our discretion to correct that error. Accordingly, we reverse and remand.
Reversed and remanded.