Legal Opinion

People v. Vollentine

Colorado Court of Appeals

Decided March 25, 1982No. 81CA0008PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ENOCH, Chief Judge.

Defendant, the ten-year-old victim’s stepfather, appeals his conviction of sexual assault on a child without force. We affirm.

Defendant’s first contention is that the trial court erred in admitting testimony by the victim concerning two prior incidents of sexual molestation of the same victim by this defendant. We disagree.

*802Although evidence of wrongdoing which is entirely independent of the crime charged is normally inadmissible, Stull v. People, 140 Colo. 278, 344 P.2d 455 (1959); People v. Martin, 43 Colo.App. 44, 602 P.2d 873 (1979), evidence of prior similar…

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2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Stull v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1959
  2. Jeffrey v. District Court In & For the Eighth Judicial DistrictSupreme Court of Colorado · 1981
  3. Pigford v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1979
  4. People v. EllistonSupreme Court of Colorado · 1973
  5. Godfrey v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1969

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. People v. SilvaColorado Court of Appeals · 1999
  2. People v. AvilaColorado Court of Appeals · 1997
  3. People v. AshleyColorado Court of Appeals · 1984
  4. Weber v. Colorado State Board of NursingColorado Court of Appeals · 1992
  5. People v. DentonColorado Court of Appeals · 2003

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