State v. Moore

BOYLE, Justice.

In this criminal case we are called upon to determine whether it was an abuse of the district court’s discretion to deny defendant’s motion in limine regarding evidence of prior uncharged sexual misconduct.

I

The appellant, Lawrence E. Moore, was charged with lewd conduct with a minor and sexual abuse of a child allegedly involving sexual conduct with his granddaughter during the period between February, 1984, and May, 1985, when the child was six or seven years of age.

Moore initially pled innocent to both charges, and filed a motion in limine to prevent the State from…