State v. Lowther

Opinion

‘DAVIS, Judge:

{1 John Marcus Lowther entered conditional no-contest pleas to two counts of rape, reserving for appeal his challenge to the trial court's grant of the State's motion to admit evidence pursuant to rule 404(b) of the Utah Rules of Evidence. We reverse and remand.

- BACKGRQUND

A2 In support of its charge that Lowther raped K.S., the State sought to admit testimony from three other women who allege that Lowther had "raped them under similar cireumstances: they had attended a social gathering where they consumed alcohol; they went to sleep either drunk or tipsy; and they…