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Criminal Law : Sex Abuse – Propensity Evidence
Stephanie Maniscalco//March 15, 2018//
Where a defendant, who was convicted of statutory sodomy and child molestation, argued that the trial court should not have admitted testimony from his aunt and sister about his abuse of them when they were young, the judgment is affirmed because the testimony was admissible to prove the defendant’s propensity to sexually assault young female family members when he had unfettered access to them.
Judgment is affirmed.
State v. Peirano (MLW No. 71467/Case No. SD34785 – 10 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Bates, J.) Appealed from circuit court, Christian County, Eighmy, Sp. J.
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