State v. Billingsley

Associate Chief Justice NEHRING,

opinion of the Court:

INTRODUCTION

T1 A jury convicted Andrea Billingsley of one count of rape, three counts of forcible sodomy, and three counts of forcible sexual abuse. The trial judge arrested the judgment and granted a new trial on all counts based on evidentiary errors and several "irregularities" that occurred during trial. The State appealed, and sought to reinstate Ms. Billingsley's convictions. We hold that the evidentiary ruling excluding evidence of the victim's sexual predisposition was proper and the other claimed errors and irregularities do not…