Brown v. State

Shulman, Judge.

Defendant appeals from his conviction for rape.

1. Appellant contends that the trial court committed reversible error in holding that certain evidence would not be admissible at trial. We disagree.

The state made a motion in limine for the purpose of determining the scope of admissible evidence of the victim’s past sexual conduct. The court determined that evidence would be limited to any acts of intercourse between the victim and others occurring during the time frame in which laboratory tests would detect the presence of live sperm. There was no restriction of evidence…