STATE v. WALTON

No. 49S02-9806-CR-00365.

715 N.E.2d 824 (1999)

STATE of Indiana, Appellant (Plaintiff below), v. John WALTON, Appellee (Defendant below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

August 26, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela Carter, Attorney General of Indiana, Cynthia L. Ploughe, Deputy Attorney General, Indianapolis, Indiana, Attorneys for Appellant.

David R. Hennessy, Hammerle Foster Allen & Long-Sharp, Indianapolis, Indiana, Attorneys for Appellee.


ON PETITION TO TRANSFER

SULLIVAN, Justice.

John Walton was acquitted of rape after the trial court admitted evidence of prior false accusations of rape by the complaining witness. On the State's reserved question of law, the Court of Appeals determined that Walton had not carried his burden in showing the accusations to be demonstrably false and that the evidence should have not been admitted. Finding the evidence to have been properly admitted, we affirm...

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