Demetrios v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• applying this rule in a case involving the rape of a woman who was under the influence of drugs and hypnosis
• rape shield law “cannot be invoked by a defendant to prevent a victim from offering otherwise relevant evidence”
• court did not err by restricting cross-examination regarding a nonexistent civil suit where there was no factual basis or proffer
• “we do not accept assertions of fact or evidence which were not before the trial court”
• “we do not accept assertions of fact or evidence which were not before the trial court”
• “It is an ancient and honored tenet of law that we do not take evidence from the briefs of parties, we do not get evidence from outside the record, and we do not accept assertions of fact or evidence which were not before the trial court. [Cit.]”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).