Holland v. State (Majority, with Dissenting)
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Appellant was found guilty of sexual assault in the first degree and sexual assault in the second degree. Appellant was sentenced to concurrent terms of forty and thirty years imprisonment. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the circuit court did not err by (1) permitting evidence of prior misconduct under the “pedophile exception” to Ark. R. Evid. 404(b); (2) not allowing, under the rape-shield statute, evidence of the victims’ motives to falsely accuse Appellant of the crimes; and (3) denying Appellant access to one of the victim’s psychological records under the psychotherapist/patient privilege.
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