Brown v. State

I respectfully disagree with the court's overruling of the sixth ground of error, which complains that the trial court erred in admitting evidence concerning the victim’s two suicide attempts, weight gain, job loss, fear of being outside and loss of confidence, all of which occurred in the eight months between the rape and the trial. The victim testified that these were caused by the emotional distress of the rape. The majority holds that the appellant’s objection to this line of testimony was waived, and, additionally, that the testimony was properly admitted.

It is noteworthy that the…