State v. Blum

Paul Robert Blum appeals his Pierce County Superior Court convictions for second-degree rape and sodomy. Four assignments of error have been made: (1) that the verdict of the jury was contrary to the evidence presented and that a new trial should therefore have been granted; (2) that a mistrial should have been granted because of alleged spectator misconduct; (3) that RCW 9.79.150, and the manner in which it was applied, effectively prevented him from proving his defense of consent, thus denying him procedural due process; (4) that the trial court committed error in limiting the scope of his…