M.M. v. State

Tom Glaze, Justice.

This appeal presents several challenges to Arkansas’ rape shield statute. M.M., a juvenile, was charged in Lonoke County Juvenile Court with the rape of J.H. and sexual misconduct with A.H.1 The rape charges were filed pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. § 5-14-103(a)(4) (Repl. 1997), which provides that a person commits rape if he engages in sexual intercourse or deviate sexual activity with another person who is less than fourteen years of age. The victim, J.H., was born in October of 1991, and was less than fourteen during the time period in which the rape was alleged to have…