Parler is a case in which the court has set aside sexual assault convictions because of IAC. The facts suggest that Parler had a solid mistake defense, much of which is captured in the CID interview and in a letter written by the Appellant. The defense however failed to seek admission of the evidence through a motion in limine. In the interview, however, appellant also talked about his prior sexual experiences with the victim. Among other things, appellant described how in the past "it was kind of games," where the victim would say "no," he would stop and "she would just look at me," and then they would keep going again. Appellant also told the agent because of these past experiences, "I figured she was playing around," and she also did not mean "no" on this occasion. Appellant also described how teasing was part of the foreplay in their 4 or 5 prior sexual encounters. Finally, appellant said he held down the victim's wrist during oral sex because that was what they usually did, and in the past she had given him a "seductive no." None of this evidence (hereinafter referred to as appellant's "unadmitted statements") was before the military judge when he rendered his verdict. Sola is a good case on what might be admissible under Mil. R. Evid. 803(4). Here the prosecution successfully admitted statements of treatment providers under the medical exception. "This exception to the hearsay rule is premised on the theory that the declarant has an incentive to be truthful because he or she believes that disclosure will enable a medical professional to provide treatment or promote the declarant's own well-being." Cucuzzella, 66 M.J. at 59.
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