State v. Brown

BRANCH, Chief Justice.

By his first assignment of error, defendant contends the trial court erred in restricting defense counsel’s cross-examination of the prosecuting witness. Specifically, defendant complains that he was not permitted to cross-examine Elizabeth Noles extensively regarding a prior accusation of rape she made against another man approximately sixteen months before the trial of this case.

Prior to trial, defense counsel filed a motion in which he requested leave “to admit evidence of complainant’s prior statements accusing others of improper sexual advances, specifically *241the…