COMMONWEALTH v. ROGERS

No. 8 EAP 2020.

250 A.3d 1209 (2021)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. Eric ROGERS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: May 18, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aaron Joshua Marcus, Esq. , Karl Lawrence Morgan, Esq. , Defender Association of Philadelphia, for Appellant.

Lawrence Jonathan Goode, Esq. , Benjamin Taylor Jackal, Esq. , Meredith Leigh Mill, Esq. , Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, for Appellee.

Amal Munas Bass, Esq. , Women's Law Project, Ronald Eisenberg, Esq. , Michelle Ann Henry, Esq. , Jennifer Creed Selber, Esq. , Joshua D. Shapiro, Esq. , Lisa Ann Swift, Esq , Raymond Jay Tonkin, Esq. , Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, for Appellee Amicus Curiae Pennsylvania Office of Attorney Gene.

Terry L. Fromson, Esq. , Women's Law Project for Appellee Amicus Curiae AEquitas, Women's Law Project, and 26 Additional Organizations.

BAER, C.J., SAYLOR, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, JJ.


OPINION

The primary issue raised in this discretionary appeal is whether the trial court properly excluded evidence that two of Appellant's rape victims had a history of prostitution convictions, where Appellant's defense included a contention that the encounters...

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