Adrian v. People

ERICKSON, Justice.

Petitioner Kenneth Walter Adrian (defendant) was convicted by a jury of two counts of sexual assault on a child, section 18-3-405, 8B C.R.S. (1986). The court of appeals affirmed the conviction. People v. Adrian, 744 P.2d 768 (Colo.App.1987). We granted certiorari to determine whether evidence admitted during trial of a similar sexual assault by defendant fifteen or more years prior to trial was reversible error.

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Evidence of prior similar transactions in cases involving sexual assault on a child is admissible under section 16-10-301, 8A C.R.S. (1986) and CRE 404(b), if it is…