State v. Bevins

After a jury trial, the defendant was convicted of sexual assault. 13 V.S.A. § 3252(1)(A).

The defendant claims that the trial court erred in allowing the prosecution to impeach the defendant’s credibility by introducing a prior conviction after the prosecutor violated two pretrial discovery orders to produce the defendant’s criminal record before trial. The defendant also claims that the trial court erred in excluding, under 13 V.S.A. § 3255 (a) (3), evidence of the sexual conduct between the complaining witness and a person other than the defendant on the night of the sexual assault.

Prior to…