Saylor v. State
Indiana Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERTSON, Judge.
Saylor appeals his convictions of two counts of child molesting, class C and D felonies. We reverse.
The issue we consider is whether use of Indiana's Rape Shield Statute to bar evidence of an earlier child molestation violated appellant Saylor's Sixth Amendment rights of confrontation and compulsory process or resulted in a denial of due process of law.
The State alleged that Saylor fondled his mildly mentally handicapped stepdaughter and engaged in sexual intercourse with her on multiple occasions over the course of about a year. The State's evidence established that Saylor…
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