Farrell v. State

Richard L. Mays, Justice.

This is an interlocutory appeal an order prohibiting appellant, who is charged with rape, from introducing evidence of the victim’s prior sexual conduct. We do not reach the merits of the appellant’s argument because the offer of proof of the victim’s prior sexual conduct was inadequate.

On September 4, 1978, appellant, Karl Farrell, was charged by information in the Sebastian County Circuit Court with engaging in deviate sexual activity, with a child ten years of age. Seeking to introduce evidence of the child’s prior sexual conduct, appellant filed a written motion…