Lee v. State

Johnson, Chief Judge.

Jonathan Lee appeals from his conviction of statutory rape of a 12-year-old girl.

1. Lee argues that the court improperly limited his right to cross-examine Detective Donna Brandenburg about whether the victim’s stepfather told her that someone had told him that the victim was pregnant. Lee asserts that the attempted cross-examination was relevant to the defense theory that the victim had gotten pregnant by another man and she was trying to explain her pregnancy by concocting the story that Lee had raped her.

We note that appellate counsel did not represent Lee at trial,…