STATE v. JOHNS

No. 16218.

615 P.2d 1260 (1980)

STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Steven M. JOHNS, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

July 31, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phil L. Hansen of Hansen & Hansen, Salt Lake City, for defendant and appellant.

Robert B. Hansen, Atty. Gen., Craig Barlow, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salt Lake City, Ronald B. Boutwell, former Carbon County Atty., Price, for plaintiff and respondent.


MAUGHAN, Justice:

The defendant appeals his conviction for aggravated kidnapping and aggravated sexual assault on the basis of the District Court's exclusion of evidence concerning the prosecutrix's prior sexual promiscuity. We affirm the jury verdict and the judgment. All statutory references are to Utah Code Annotated, 1953, as amended.

In the early evening of October 12, 1977, the defendant, Steven M. Johns, hereinafter "Johns," and a female friend, Joyce...

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