State v. Carroll

OPINION

RANDALL, Judge.

Appellant challenges his conviction on the ground that the district court abused its discretion in excluding cross-examination, testimony, and closing argument about the victim’s prior inconsistent statements that already been heard by the jury. Because we conclude that the district court abused its discretion in these exclusions, we reverse and remand for a new trial.

FACTS

Appellant George Carroll and his wife Amanda invited Rhoedisha Annis, her husband Brian, and her daughter D.D., then 12, to move into the Carrolls’ apartment temporarily. In March 1999, while the…