Docekal v. State

How courts have described this case

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• holding that it is reversible error to prohibit a defendant from cross-examining a victim regarding her past sexual history when she presented statements that opened the door to this evidence
• holding that it is reversible error to prohibit a defendant from cross-examining a victim regarding her past sexual history when she presented statements that opened the door to this evidence
• holding that it was not harmless error when trial court erred in limiting the defendant’s cross-examination of the victim as the victim’s credibility was critically important in a he-said, she-said sexual battery case
• noting that it is reversible error to prohibit a defendant from cross-examining a victim regarding her past sexual history when she made statements that “opened the door” to this evidence
• noting that it is reversible error to prohibit a defendant from cross-examining a victim regarding her past sexual history when she made statements that “opened the door” to this evidence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).