State v. Holden

416 S.E.2d 415 (1992)

106 N.C. App. 244

STATE of North Carolina

v.

William Lester HOLDEN.

No. 9129SC165.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

May 19, 1992.

Attorney General Lacy H. Thornburg, by Asst. Atty. Gen. Ellen B. Scouten, Raleigh, for the State.

V. Scott Peterson, Brevard, for defendant-appellant.

JOHNSON, Judge.

I

Defendant first contends that the trial court erred in excluding evidence of sexual abuse occurring prior to the incident for which defendant was on trial. Defendant contends that this evidence was admissible under G.S. § 8C-1, Rule 412(b) (1988), which states: "Notwithstanding any…