CARE AND TREATMENT OF ETTEL v. State

James Ettel (Ettel) claims the circuit court erred in permitting an expert to testify at his commitment trial regarding prior sexually-related offenses that did not result in convictions and to a prior murder conviction. Ettel argues the prejudicial nature of this evidence substantially outweighed its probative value. We affirm.

FACTS

On July 80, 1990, Ettel pled guilty to criminal sexual conduct in the first degree and assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature. Ettel was sentenced to concurrent terms of thirty years and ten years, respectively.

Ettel’s conviction stemmed out of a…