State v. Griffin

SNELL, Judge.

On September 21, 1984, defendant Vincent Paul Griffin was charged by trial information with sexual abuse in the second degree. The alleged sex acts were stated in the trial information to have occurred “on or about the week of November 6-13, 1983.” Griffin’s trial counsel filed a motion for bill of particulars requesting information as to the date, time, and location of the acts charged and what specific actions by Griffin supported the charge. The trial court denied that motion.

Griffin’s counsel also filed a pretrial motion in limine seeking to exclude hearsay testimony from the…