Morgan v. State

OPINION

MANNHEIMER, Judge.

The defendant in this case was being tried for sexual assault. He asked the trial judge to allow him to introduce the testimony of several witnesses who purportedly were prepared to say that the complaining witness (the alleged victim) had twice previously made false accusations of sexual assault against other men. In Covington v. State, 703 P.2d 486, 441-42 (Alaska App.1985), we held that this type of evidence is admissible if, as a foundational matter, the defendant establishes the falsity of the prior accusations-"as, for example, where the charges somehow had been…