State v. Worthen

INTRODUCTION

NEHRING, Justice:

T 1 The State charged the Respondent, Mr. Worthen, with ten counts of aggravated sexual abuse of his adopted teenage daughter BW. After the district court bound him over for trial, Mr. Worthen subpoenaed B.W.'s mental health records relating to treatment she received between July and October 2005. Mr. Worthen claimed that the records contained evidence supporting his defense that B.W. had extreme hatred and frustration toward the Worthens and therefore had a motive to fabricate the allegations in order to be removed from the Worthen home. Mr. Worthen conceded the…