Court Opinion

ID: 9645930
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 21:40:33.334947+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:11:33.038724
License: Public Domain

Tom Glaze, Justice, concurring. I concur as to the admissibility of the victim’s writing log. The victim kept the log in connection with an English class she attended. One must stretch his or her imagination to conclude that the victim’s testimony that the appellant (father) had raped her would be impeached by showing the victim had omitted her father’s name as a lover or sexual encounter in her English assignment. Clearly, the trial judge did not abuse his discretion in excluding the girl’s writing log as irrelevant. By this concurrence, I leave no doubt that I would affirm on this point without reaching the question concerning the appellant’s failure to demonstrate prejudice. Hays, J., joins in this concurrence.