NAPOKA v. STATE

No. A-6790.

996 P.2d 106 (2000)

Carl J. NAPOKA, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

February 18, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margi A. Mock, Assistant Public Defender, and Barbara K. Brink, Public Defender, Anchorage, for Appellant.

John A. Scukanec, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and Bruce M. Botelho, Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee.

Before COATS, Chief Judge, and MANNHEIMER and STEWART, Judges.


OPINION

MANNHEIMER, Judge.

This case presents an issue under Alaska's rape shield law, AS 12.45.045. Carl J. Napoka was accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl. At his trial, Napoka tried to introduce evidence that he and the purported victim had repeatedly engaged in consensual sex in the past. The superior court ruled that this evidence was barred by the rape shield law. Having examined Napoka's offer of proof, we conclude that the offered...

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