Court Opinion

ID: 9738565
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 19:56:20.546408+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:24:06.932265
License: Public Domain

KIRSCH, Judge,
concurring in result.
I concur in the decision to reverse Lafayette’s convictions, but I reach that conclusion by a different route than that set forth in Judge Crone’s lead opinion. I disagree with the conclusion that a criminal defendant does not put his intent at issue by asserting that an alleged rape victim consented to the sexual intercourse, but I do not believe that Lafayette made any such assertion at trial and, accordingly, did not put his intent in issue. In challenging the credibility of the prosecuting witness on her claim that the sexual intercourse was forced, Lafayette made no affirmative claim that the sexual intercourse was consensual. Had he done so, I believe it would have opened the door to the challenged testimony of the prior bad acts.