People v. Williams

(for reversal). Defendants in this case have called into question the constitutionality of Michigan’s "rape shield” law, which is set forth in the margin below. MCL 750.520j; MSA 28.788(10) (also referred to hereinafter as § 520J'). 1 All four defendants herein were prosecuted on charges of first-degree criminal sexual conduct; all four defendants asserted at trial that the complainant had consented to the various acts of sexual intercourse with them as a group. In support of this defense the defendants sought to present evidence that the complainant had had prior sexual relations with one of…