Eaton v. State

McMILLAN, Judge.

The appellant, James Eaton, was convicted by a jury of enticing a child for immoral purposes, a violation of § 13A-6-69, Ala.Code 1975. He was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment. That sentence was suspended and he was ordered to serve 12 months and, conditioned upon his serving those 12 months, he was placed on two years’ probation.

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The appellant argues that the trial court improperly denied his motion for a mistrial. The mistrial was warranted, he argues, by the victim’s testimony concerning alleged prior bad acts by the appellant, which he claims irreparably prejudiced…