166 N.C. App. 386 - State v. Harris’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 9 state decisions

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1. “In this case the evidence is relevant and probative as to whether or not the victim consented to having sex with defendant. Had she consented, then it is within reason that no physical evidence of vaginal injury on the victim was caused by defendant. Thus, if the jury found the lacerations on the vagina (which evidence was used by the State to prove the rape) to have been caused by the attempted sexual encounter earlier that day, they could still harbor reasonable doubt as to whether or not the victim consented to having sex with defendant.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Harris · State v. Harris

2. “(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the sexual behavior of the complainant is irrelevant to any issue in the prosecution unless such behavior: (2) Is evidence of specific instances of sexual .behavior offered for the purpose of showing that the act or acts charged were not committed by the defendant....”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Harris · State v. Harris

3. “The Court: [T]he boy with whom you tried to have sex earlier that day, did he put his penis into your vagina? A. No, not quite. The Court: Not quite. Did he attempt to? A. Yes, sir.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Harris · State v. Harris