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WINFIELD v. COM.

Record No. 812250.

301 S.E.2d 15 (1983)

Herbert WINFIELD, Jr. v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 11, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Taylor Williams, IV, Dinwiddie (Williams & Chappell, Dinwiddie, on brief), for appellant.

Roscoe C. Roberts, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Gerald L. Baliles, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Before CARRICO, C.J., and COCHRAN, POFF, COMPTON, THOMPSON, STEPHENSON, and RUSSELL, JJ.

RUSSELL, Justice.

In this case of first impression involving a prosecution for sexual assault, we must examine the admissibility of evidence of the complaining witness's specific acts of sexual conduct with persons other than the accused, in the light of the "rape shield" provision of Code § 18.2-67.7.1

Herbert Winfield, Jr., was indicted for the forcible rape and forcible sodomy...

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