Rogers v. State

Because Rogers was prejudiced by the circuit court's erroneous ruling in refusing to allow Rogers to impeach LW with her prior theft conviction, I dissent from the majority opinion and would reverse and remand the matter for a new trial. Here, the majority holds that the circuit court's ruling was harmless because the evidence of guilt was overwhelming:

[T]he circuit court's error fits the harmless-error mold.... Here, the evidence that Rogers raped LW is overwhelming. LW testified in specific detail to multiple occurrences of rape. TB testified that she observed a video of Rogers engaged in…