The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday agreed with defense lawyers that the prosecutor violated the state’s rape shield law by bringing up a victim’s prior sexual behavior at trial, but the justices still upheld rape and sodomy convictions for crimes against three little girls.

For the defense, the decision was “another case of winning the battle and losing the war,” said Noah Pines of Ross and Pines, who handled the case with Andrew Fleischman. “But it was an important battle.”

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