Legal Opinion
Kenneth W. Wood v. State of Alaska
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 28, 1992No. 90-35826PublishedCited by 94 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RYMER, Circuit Judge:
Kenneth Wood was convicted in Alaska state court of raping an adult woman, M.G. In a pre-trial hearing, the trial court issued a protective order excluding any evidence that M.G. had posed for Penthouse magazine and acted in X-rated movies and other sexual performances, and that she had shown Wood the Penthouse photographs and discussed her experiences with him. Wood appealed his conviction unsuccessfully in the Alaska state courts, arguing among other things that the exclusion of this evidence violated his Sixth Amendment rights. He then filed this petition for writ of…
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