Summitt v. State
Supreme Court of Nevada
697 P.2d 1374 (Nev. 1985)
Relevant factsFree
Vernon Summitt (defendant) was charged with two counts of sexual assault, cunnilingus and fellatio, against a six-year-old girl, and at trial sought to introduce evidence of a prior sexual incident involving the victim and fellatio (but not cunnilingus) to show she had an independent source of knowledge of that specific act. The trial court excluded the evidence under Nevada's rape shield law, and the jury convicted Summitt on both counts; he appealed.
IssueFree
Whether evidence of specific incidents of a young victim's prior sexual conduct may be admissible.