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To: beckett
You're saying she let Bryant beat her up because she was so thrilled to get porked by a superstar.

No, you just said that. Why?

Possibly (allow mental state), if it can be credibly shown that she concocted the story out of whole cloth due to a prior mental defect.

That sentence is senseless.
Prove she pretended to be raped because she tried to commit suicide twice without mentioning she tried to commit suicide twice?

606 posted on 10/09/2003 11:04:53 PM PDT by PRND21
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To: PRND21
That sentence is senseless. Prove she pretended to be raped because she tried to commit suicide twice without mentioning she tried to commit suicide twice?

You asked if testimony about her prior mental state should be admitted. The Judge decides if it should be admitted. You realize that, right? So -- the JUDGE hears the defense's argument about whether her mental state (i.e., the two suicides attempts, depression over her friend's death, etc.) is relevent to the case at hand. If he thinks she may be concocting her story against Bryant due to some mental defect that is rooted in the suicide attempts and depression, he can allow testimony to be admitted on those subjects. If he thinks there is no connection, no relevance, he should disallow such testimony.

607 posted on 10/09/2003 11:14:42 PM PDT by beckett
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