Evidence of a domestic violence protection order is relevant and admissible in a rape trial as part of the factual matrix concerning the nature of the relationship between the parties, even where its conditions conflict with a Family Court custody order. A jury's acceptance of a complainant's evidence on rape counts is not rendered unreasonable by inconsistencies in her evidence, a possible motive for false allegations, or an acquittal on a related count of deprivation of liberty, where the acquittal is logically reconcilable with the convictions.
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