State v. Ginyard

GREENE, Judge.

James Daniel Ginyard (defendant) appeals from Judgments and Commitments, entered by the trial court on 25 July 1994, sentencing him to life in prison, for first degree rape in violation of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-27.2, and three years in prison, for a crime against nature in violation of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-177, to run concurrently.

Prior to trial, the trial court held an in-camera review to decide on the State’s motion in limine to exclude evidence of the complainant’s prior sexual history and her prior allegation of sexual assault. Detective James R. Shingleton (Shingleton)…