HUNT, Justice.
Duane Stuit was found guilty of four counts of sexual intercourse without consent of a minor in the Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Yellowstone County. Stuit moved for a new trial on the grounds that the prosecutor made a comment in her opening statement which should have allowed the defense to introduce evidence of the victim's previous history of sexual abuse. The District Court prohibited the defense from introducing such evidence at trial. The...
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