CAIRNS v. COM.

Record No. 0146-02-2.

579 S.E.2d 340 (2003)

40 Va. App. 271

Robert Bruce CAIRNS, v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Richmond.

April 15, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig S. Cooley, Richmond, for appellant.

Stephen R. McCullough, Assistant Attorney General (Jerry W. Kilgore, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: FITZPATRICK, C.J., and BENTON and KELSEY, JJ.


FITZPATRICK, Chief Judge.

Robert Bruce Cairns (appellant) was convicted in a bench trial of three counts of forcible sodomy in violation of Code § 18.2-67.1, one count of rape in violation of Code § 18.2-61 and one count of producing sexually explicit material in violation of Code § 18.2-374.1. Appellant contends the trial court erred by: (1) excluding one of the complaining witnesses' journals pursuant to the rape shield statute; (2) imposing a harsher...

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