Anderson v. Commonwealth

I respectfully dissent from the majority opinion and I would affirm Anderson’s convictions. In my opinion, the trial court did not err either by denying Anderson’s request for a continuance or by preventing defense counsel from questioning the child victim about her prior sexual history. Ac*143cordingly, I write separately to express my views concerning Parts I and II of the majority opinion. Although I concur with the majority’s Part IV conclusion that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying Anderson’s motion for a new trial, I disagree with the majority’s gratuitous discussion…