Evidence that a complainant made a prior complaint to a hospital many years before a second complainant's allegations is admissible to rebut the suggestion that the complainants concocted their evidence together, even where the evidence is not led as recent complaint. A fleeting and inadvertent reference to a violence restraining order during cross-examination does not deprive an accused of a fair trial where the State does not seek to exploit it and the trial judge intervenes promptly.
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