263 Ga. App. 597 - Williams v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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7 state decisions

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1. “The [Rape Shield Statute] is a strong legislative attempt to protect the victim-prosecutrix in rape cases by the exclusion of evidence which might reflect on the character of the witness without contributing materially to the issue of the guilt or innocence of the accused. . . . Where, however, evidence of sexual activity between the victim and persons other than the defendant has been relevant on some issue..., we have allowed its admission by creating exceptions to the Rape Shield Statute ... when the State introduces medical evidence which indicates that the child has been sexually abused[.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Davis v. State

2. “Where . . . evidence of sexual activity between the victim and persons other than the defendant has been relevant on some issue other than consent, we have allowed its admission by creating exceptions to the Rape Shield Statute when the State introduces medical evidence which indicates that the child has been sexually abused. . . . The purpose of [this] exception[ ] is to permit evidence that the victim’s medical . . . symptoms were caused by someone else other than the defendant.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 306 Ga. App. 307 - Tidwell v. State