State v. Payton

OPINION

WECHSLER, Judge.

{1} Defendant appeals his convictions for criminal sexual penetration of a minor (CSPM), criminal sexual contact of a minor (CSCM), and intimidation of a witness. The victims were two daughters of his girlfriend, who were approximately eight and ten years old when the offenses occurred. This opinion addresses only Defendant’s claim that he should have been allowed to present evidence that the younger girl had been previously sexually abused by someone else, in order to establish that she had an alternate source of sexual knowledge. We hold that Defendant was denied due…