Legal Opinion
Jason Cunningham McGrath v. State of Mississippi
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided April 18, 2019No. 2017-KA-01184-SCTPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAXWELL, JUSTICE, FOR THE COURT:
¶1. A jury found Jason McGrath guilty of four counts of sexual battery by a person in a position of trust and one count of touching a child for lustful purposes. The charges stemmed from McGrath's sexual assault and molestation of his stepdaughter, M.M. He was sentenced to what amounts to forty years' imprisonment. 1 On appeal, McGrath argues the trial judge wrongly admitted Rule 404(b) evidence of McGrath's previous sexual assaults and molestations of a different stepdaughter and his adopted daughter. We disagree.
¶2. After hearing from both previous victims…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Greer v. MillerSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Read v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
- Wells v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
- People v. SabinMichigan Supreme Court · 2000
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3Cited by5 opinions
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