State v. Stearns

¶1 Robert Scott Stearns (Stearns) appeals his convictions in the Twenty-First Judicial District, Ravalli County, for three counts of Indecent Exposure in violation of § 45-5-504(l)(b), MCA. We affirm.

¶2 We review the following issue on appeal:

¶3 Did the District Court abuse its discretion when it admitted evidence of Stearns’s 1996 convictions for indecent exposure ?

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶4 Hamilton police arrested Stearns in March of 2007. Police identified him as a suspect in three indecent exposure incidents in Hamilton’s River Park. The incidents occurred September 19, November…