DORN v. STATE

No. CR 79-167.

590 S.W.2d 297 (1979)

Michael Wayne DORN, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

December 17, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brockman & Brockman, by C. Mac Norton, Pine Bluff, for appellant.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen. by Joseph H. Purvis, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

This is an interlocutory appeal from the trial court's ruling at a pretrial hearing under the rape-shield statute. Ark.Stat. Ann. §§ 41-1810.1 et seq. (Repl.1977). The trial court sustained the admissibility of proffered proof concerning prior sexual activity between the prosecutrix and the defendant and concerning a statement made by the prosecutrix suggesting a questionable motive for her charge of rape. The appeal challenges...

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