STATE v. KNOX

No. 94-275.

536 N.W.2d 735 (1995)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. James L. KNOX, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied September 15, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda Del Gallo, State Appellate Defender, and John F. Fatino, Asst. State Appellate Defender, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Mary Tabor and Charles Thoman, Asst. Attys. Gen., and Lynn K. Fillenwarth, County Atty., for appellee.

Considered en banc.


LAVORATO, Justice.

A jury convicted the defendant of sexual abuse in the third degree. He appeals, challenging an evidentiary ruling and the sufficiency of the evidence to convict him. The evidentiary ruling involves Iowa's rape shield law. See Iowa R.Evid. 412. The defendant sought to introduce evidence that (1) the complainant had chlamydia at the time the defendant allegedly sexually abused her, and (2) the defendant did not have the disease when tested...

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