SAYLOR v. STATE

No. 67A01-9002-CR-48.

559 N.E.2d 332 (1990)

Gene SAYLOR, Appellant (Defendant below), v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee (Plaintiff below).

Court of Appeals of Indiana, First District.

September 6, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan K. Carpenter, Public Defender, M.E. Tuke, Deputy Public Defender, Indianapolis, for appellant.

Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., Amy Schaeffer Good, Deputy Atty. Gen., Office of Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.


ROBERTSON, Judge.

Saylor appeals his convictions of two counts of child molesting, class C and D felonies. We reverse.

The issue we consider is whether use of Indiana's Rape Shield Statute to bar evidence of an earlier child molestation violated appellant Saylor's Sixth Amendment rights of confrontation and compulsory process or resulted in a denial of due process of law.

The State alleged that Saylor fondled his mildly mentally handicapped stepdaughter...

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