People v. Walters

PLANK, Judge.

Defendant, James Melvin Walters, appeals the judgment of conviction entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of first degree sexual assault. We reverse.

The charges against defendant arose out of an incident in which police responded to a report of a woman screaming. Upon their arrival, the woman jumped out of defendant’s vehicle and related to the police she was being assaulted. Defendant indicated to police that the woman had consented to the activity.

At trial, the woman did not testify, although the court had been previously advised that either she would testify, or the…