State v. Miller

ZIMMERMAN, Justice:

Defendant James W. Miller appeals from a forcible sodomy conviction on the ground that the trial court erred in refusing (i) to permit examination regarding a behavioral evaluation of the victim and counseling recommendations made by a social worker some two years after the crimes charged, and (ii) to give defendant's proposed instruction regarding the credibility of the chief prosecution witness. We affirm. Defendant failed to establish the relevance of the examination into the evaluation of the victim’s emotional condition when challenged at trial, and the substance of…