REYNOLDSON, Justice.
This appeal requires us, as a matter of first impression, to review a trial court's application of our "rape shield" law, § 782.4, The Code, 1975, now rule 20(5), Rules of Criminal Procedure.
Defendant was charged with rape, a violation of § 698.1, The Code, 1975. There was ample evidence to support a jury finding that the victim, a hitchhiking University of Northern Iowa coed, was forcibly raped on February 1, 1977, after being...
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