State v. LaClair

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• trial court should have permitted cross-examination of the victim on her own inconsistent statements as to her virginity
• cross-examination as to victim’s prior sexual activity permitted (1) to challenge victim’s credibility through a prior inconsistent statement that she was a virgin; and (2
• evidence of victim’s prior sexual activity admissible when trial court, in exercise of discretion, determines due process so requires
• on like reasoning, defendant may enquire into victim’s prior inconsistent statements about her virginity
• cross-examination as to victim’s prior sexual activity permitted (1) to challenge victim’s credibility through a prior inconsistent statement that she was a virgin; and (2) to rebut the inference that presence of sperm in victim’s vagina tended to prove intercourse with the defendant

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