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STATE v. SHELINE

955 S.W.2d 42 (1997)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellant, v. Stephen Tracy SHELINE, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

October 20, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Knox Walkup, Attorney General and Reporter, Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General, Linda A. Ross, Associate Solicitor General, Nashville, for Appellant.

Gary D. Gerbitz, District Attorney General, Rebecca Stern, Assistant District Attorney General, Chattanooga (at Trial), for Appellant.

Donald Mart Lasley, Chattanooga, for Appellee.

OPINION

ANDERSON, Chief Justice.

The question presented by this appeal is whether the trial court correctly applied the Tennessee "rape shield" rule when it excluded evidence of a rape victim's prior sexual conduct.1

The Court of Criminal Appeals, with one judge dissenting, held that the evidence should have been admitted under the exception set out in Tennessee Rules of Evidence...

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