State v. Handy

|! JONES, Judge.

Relator seeks review of the trial court’s ruling denying his motion to offer evidence of the victim’s past sexual history in his defense of the forcible rape charge brought against him by the State of Louisiana. After reviewing relator’s writ application, we find that the trial court committed manifest error in denying relator’s motion, and we reverse the ruling of the trial court accordingly.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Relator, Reginald Handy, was charged with one count of forcible rape of T.W.1 During his arraignment, relator entered a not guilty plea, and on September 11,1998, the…