State v. Wright

Summary

The court affirmed the Appellate Court’s judgment in both certified appeals. It held that the rape-shield statute uses “material” in the evidentiary sense, that the trial court violated the defendant’s constitutional rights by excluding evidence supporting his continuous sex-for-hire consent theory, but that the error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. The court also held that vacatur, rather than merger, was the proper remedy for multiple conspiracy convictions arising from a single agreement.