Evans v. Commonwealth

Opinion

COLEMAN, J.

Shannon Eugene Evans was convicted in a jury trial of rape in violation of Code § 18.2-61. He challenges the conviction on grounds that the trial court erred: (1) in refusing to set aside the verdict because the evidence was insufficient to support it; and (2) in applying Code § 18.2-67.7, Virginia’s rape shield statute, to exclude evidence that the complaining witness learned that she had contracted a venereal disease; and (3) in excluding evidence that the complaining witness had contracted a venereal disease. We agree that the trial court erred in applying Code §…