Legal Opinion
State v. Walton
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided August 26, 1999No. 49S02-9806-CR-365PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON PETITION TO TRANSFER
SULLIVAN, Justice.
John Walton was acquitted of rape after the trial court admitted evidence of prior false accusations of rape by the complaining witness. On the State’s reserved question of law, the Court of Appeals determined that Walton had not carried his burden in showing the accusations to be demonstrably false and that the evidence should have not been admitted. Finding the evidence to have been properly admitted, we affirm the trial court.
Background
On August 25, 1995, the State charged Defendant with Rape 1 and Criminal Deviate Conduct. 2 Before trial, Defendant…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Maryland v. CraigSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Commonwealth v. BohannonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Timberlake v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1997
- Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1989
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3Cited by35 opinions
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- Clark v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2000
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