Court Opinion

ID: 9628503
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 09:22:25.379012+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:06:17.480202
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VAN HOOMISSEN, J.,
dissenting.
I would hold that the evidence presented at this bench trial was sufficient for the judge to find defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. See State v. Krummacher, 269 Or 125, 137-38, 523 P2d 1009 (1974). Therefore, I respectfully dissent.
Because the majority did not reach defendant’s assignment that evidence of his subsequent sexual misconduct with a child should not have been admitted at trial, I too shall not do so other than to observe that in a bench trial we can assume that, in the absence of prejudice appearing in the record, and there is none here, any questionable evidence was disregarded by the judge. See State v. Cafarelli, 254 Or 73, 76, 456 P2d 999 (1969); State v. Voshell, 247 Or 534, 537, 430 P2d 1010 (1967).