Young v. State

Rape, first degree; ten years imprisonment.

The prosecutrix testified, in essence, that the appellant, whom she had known several years, raped her at his home on the afternoon of August 23, 1981. Appellant's defense was that of consent.

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Appellant contends that the Alabama rape shield statute, §12-21-203, Code of Alabama (Supp. 1982), is unconstitutional as applied to him.

Section 12-21-203 provides that evidence relating to the past sexual behavior of the victim of a sex crime is inadmissible unless the trial court, in an in camera hearing, determines that this behavior involved the defendant.…