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Last year, I received an unpublished opinion from the Court of Appeals in a pro-bono case, telling me that Georgia's Rape Shield law "cannot be invoked" by defendants because it is a "shield, not a sword."
That's not what the statute says. So I petitioned for cert. /1
That's not what the statute says. So I petitioned for cert. /1
Today, the Supreme Court of Georgia held that the Court of Appeals should have applied the words of Georgia's rape shield statute, rather than its unwritten intent.
Victims in Georgia need no longer fear that prosecutors will use their sexual histories to secure convictions.
Victims in Georgia need no longer fear that prosecutors will use their sexual histories to secure convictions.
Here is the unpublished Court of Appeals opinion. Judge (now Justice) Ellington, wrote the opinion.
efast.gaappeals.us/download/judgm…
efast.gaappeals.us/download/judgm…
