COM. v. MCLAIN


522 Pa. 244 (1989)

561 A.2d 325

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. John McLAIN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 27, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary Robert Fine, Wiker & Fine, Greensburg, for appellant.

John J. Driscoll, Dist. Atty., Rita Donovan Hathaway, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.


OPINION IN SUPPORT OF AFFIRMANCE

FLAHERTY, Justice.

This appeal raises again the issue of when the Rape Shield Law bars evidence of consensual sexual relations which occurred shortly before an alleged rape. Appellant argues that he was improperly precluded from introducing evidence of prior relations between himself and the prosecutrix to explain the objective signs of intercourse. We would hold that appellant failed to overcome the bar of the Rape Shield...

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