State v. Houseright

STEELMAN, Judge.

The State presented sufficient evidence to survive a motion to dismiss on one count of statutory sex offense. The trial court did not err in admitting evidence of other sexual conduct by defendant with another girl of similar age as the victim during the same time period, pursuant to N.C.R. Evid. 404(b). The trial court did not commit plain error in failing to intervene ex mero mo tu to exclude testimony concerning defendant’s conduct with another girl.

I. Factual and Procedural History

A grand jury indicted defendant for one count of first-degree rape of a child, one count of…