People v. Oaks

Defendant was convicted of taking indecent liberties with his eight-year-old daughter in violation of MCLA § 750.336 (Stat Ann 1954 Rev § 28.568). The trial court allowed into evidence, over objection, testimony by the daughter that defendant had taken similar liberties with her person “about ten or five times” prior to the act charged. The basis relied on by the trial court for admitting this testimony into evidence was MCLA §768.27 (Stat Ann 1954 Rev § 28.1050), the statutory exception to the general rule that in a criminal trial evidence of other, distinct offenses is not admissible even…