Abdulkadir v. State

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• noting that when “the language of a statute is plain and unambiguous, judicial construction is not only unnecessary but forbidden” (punctuation and footnote omitted)
• holding that, while there may be compelling reasons to apply the Rape Shield Statute to crimes other than rape, the General Assembly drafted the statute to only apply to rape, and any expansion of that statute must also come from that legislative body
• construing rape shield statute as not applicable in prosecutions for child molestation
• construing rape shield statute as not applicable in prosecutions for child molestation
• “Where the language of a statute is plain and susceptible to only one natural and reasonable construction, courts must construe the statute accordingly”
• \A court of law is not authorized to rewrite the statute by inserting additional language that would expand its application to include ... other crimes.\

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