STATE v. ESTES (2025)

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

STATE of Louisiana v. Brittany Linn ESTES

No. 2025-KK-01198

Decided: December 09, 2025

Writ granted. Neither La. C.E. art. 607, La. Const. art. I § 16, nor U.S. Const. amend. VI requires the admission of the incidents of past sexual conduct that defendant seeks to introduce. See State v. Vaughn, 448 So. 2d 1260, 1267 (La. 1983). Nothing herein prohibits the trial court from considering general reputational evidence as to truthfulness. The court of appeal judgment is reversed, and the trial court ruling is reinstated.

REVERSED AND REMANDED.

PER CURIAM

Hughes, J., dissents and would deny.

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