No. 18-221
Response Waived
Tags: compulsory-process confrontation-clause constitutional-right-to-defense criminal-procedure due-process evidence rape-shield rape-shield-law rape-shield-rule right-to-present-defense sexual-conduct-evidence
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference:
2018-09-24
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether application of the Arkansas rape shield rule and statute to prevent Mouton from presenting evidence of a sexual relationship between the accuser and the ward of an antagonist of Mouton violates the constitutional right to present a defense by restricting evidence of motive to make a false accusation
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED WHETHER APPLICATION OF THE ARKANSAS RAPE SHIELD RULE AND STATUTE TO PREVENT MOUTON FROM PRESENTING EVIDENCE OF A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ACCUSER AND THE WARD OF AN ANTAGONIST OF MOUTON VIOLATES THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO PRESENT A DEFENSE BY RESTRICTING EVIDENCE OF MOTIVE TO MAKE A FALSE ACCUSATION.
Docket Entries
2018-10-01
Petition DENIED.
2018-09-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
2018-08-30
Waiver of right of respondent State of Arkansas to respond filed.
2018-08-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 20, 2018)
Attorneys
Carl Mouton
Jeffrey Marx Rosenzweig — Petitioner
State of Arkansas
Darnisa C. Evans Johnson — Off of Attorney General of AR, Respondent
Amanda Jane Jegley — Arkansas Office of the Attorney General, Respondent