Legal Opinion
State v. Warren
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided June 3, 1998PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Justice.
[¶ 1] Samuel L. Warren III appeals from the judgment entered in the Superior Court (Sagadohoe County, Atwood, J.) following a jury verdict finding him guilty of gross sexual assault in violation of 17-A M.R.S.A. § 253 (1983 & Supp.1997). 1 Warren argues, inter alia, that he was deprived of his constitutional right to a fair trial by the court’s exclusion of all evidence concerning the child victim’s alleged past sexual behavior. 2 We agree that the court erred in excluding all of the proffered evidence, and we are unable to conclude beyond a reasonable doubt that the error was…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Delaware v. Van ArsdallSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Arizona v. FulminanteSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- United States v. HastingSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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3Cited by15 opinions
- State v. RolonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2001
- State v. BurdickSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2001
- State v. PattonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2012
- State v. GauthierSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2007
- State v. MurphySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2010
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