Opinion ID: 2394785
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Heading: rape shield act

Text: Lindsey next maintains that the trial court erred in disallowing evidence of B.L.'s prior allegations of sexual abuse. The trial court ruled that the Rape Shield Act, codified at Ark.Code Ann. § 16-42-101 (Repl.1994), applied to these allegations. We decline to reach this issue for the simple reason that no written motion was filed by Lindsey on this point as required by § 16-42-101(c)(1). See Laughlin v. State, 316 Ark. 489, 872 S.W.2d 848 (1994). Moreover, there was no proffer of testimony made by Lindsey, and it is, therefore, impossible for this court to know the nature of the accusations made, against whom they were made, and under what circumstances they were made. See Byrum v. State, 318 Ark. 87, 884 S.W.2d 248 (1994); Gaines v. State, 313 Ark. 561, 855 S.W.2d 956 (1993). It is the duty of the appellant to present a record of the case sufficient for our review of the point raised. See Stewart v. State, 316 Ark. 153, 870 S.W.2d 752 (1994). This Lindsey failed to do. [2] We have reviewed the record in this case for other reversible error in accordance with Ark.Sup.Ct.R. 4-3(h) and have found none. Affirmed. HAYS, J., concurs. HOLT, C.J., and DUDLEY and NEWBERN, JJ., dissent.