Buchanan v. State

On Transfer

DICKSON, Justice.

The defendant, James W. Buchanan, was convicted and sentenced to fifty years for child molesting as a class A felony 1 and determined to be a sexually violent predator required to register indefinitely as a sex offender 2 The Court of Appeals reversed and remanded for a new trial finding that evidence was erroneously admitted in violation of Indiana Evidence Rule 404(b). Buchanan v. State, 742 N.E.2d 1018 (Ind.Ct.App.2001). We granted transfer,. Buchanan v. State, 753 N.E.2d 183 (Ind.2001). We find the admission of the evidence, though erroneous, does not require…