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· 5/25/2000

Sera v. State

Citations

  • 17 S.W.3d 61
  • 341 Ark. 415
  • 2000 Ark. LEXIS 266

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that an expert's testimony that a victim's symptoms were consistent with administration of a date rape drug were admissible
  • affirming the rape-shield-based exclusion of evidence because the testimony’s purpose was to cast the victim in a bad light
  • affirming exclusion of evidence of little probative value that would simply “cast [the victim] in a bad light”

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Judges: Lavenski R. Smith

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