Clinebell v. Commonwealth

In this appeal, we decide whether (1) the indictments sufficiently informed the defendant of the dates of the crimes charged against him, and (2) the trial court erred in excluding certain evidence proffered by the defendant to impeach the complaining witness in five criminal sexual assault cases.

Tried by a jury, Michael Wayne Clinebell was convicted of two counts of rape of his daughter, a child under the age of 13, in violation of Code § 18.2-61, of two counts of sodomy of the child, in violation of Code § 18.2-67.1, and of one count of sexual penetration of the child with an inanimate…