YOUNG v. STATE

No. 88-585.

562 So.2d 370 (1990)

Vance Anthony YOUNG, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

May 22, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Morris, Coral Gables, Carl H. Lida, Miami, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Richard L. Polin, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before NESBITT, BASKIN and COPE, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Defendant Young was convicted of four counts of sexual battery, three by using or threatening to use a knife and one by inserting a car key into the victim's vagina. He seeks to overturn the convictions on the ground that the trial court refused to allow testimony concerning the victim's prior sexual activities. The Rape Shield Law, Chapter 794, Florida Statutes (1987), precludes such testimony unless it tends "to establish a pattern of conduct or behavior...

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