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· 10/5/2016

Rivers, Danny Richard Jr.

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that the district court did not violate defendant’s right to present evidence when it prohibited him from cross-examining the victim about later instances of sexual abuse under the theory that the victim was projecting false allegations onto the defendant
  • involving a specifically documented prior sexual assault by another individual, though we held that admission was not constitutionally required
  • upholding exclusion of child victim’s other sexual abuse and distinguishing Bear Stops as permitting evidence where young child’s unusual behavior could be explained no other way
  • distinguishing Bear Stops in part based on timing

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