Legal Opinion
State v. Budis
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided August 6, 1991PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
POLLOCK, J.
This appeal involves a conflict between the Rape Shield Statute, N.J.S.A. 2C:14-7, and defendant’s constitutional right to confront accusing witnesses. A jury convicted defendant, James G. Budis, of two counts of aggravated sexual assault, and the trial court sentenced him to fifteen years in prison. The charges stemmed from two incidents in 1988 between defendant and his cousin’s nine-year-old daughter, T.D. At trial, defendant sought to cross-examine both T.D. and the investigating detective about the sexual abuse of T.D. by her stepfather…
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