State v. Clasey

Defendant was convicted of sodomy on his 15-year-old adopted daughter. Before trial, defendant moved the court to require the daughter and her mother to be examined by a psychiatrist. The “grounds” stated in the motion for requiring the examination stated “that nature of the charge makes this necessary since there is no evidence except complainant age 15 connecting defendant with commission of crime * * The motion was denied; renewed at the trial and again denied. The court’s refusal to require the examination is the principal issue on appeal.

Defendant urges that we adopt the rule stated by…