People v. VanderVliet

In this interlocutory appeal, we consider the Court of Appeals affirmance of a circuit *55court’s order prohibiting the introduction of evidence of other crimes or wrongs in two second-degree criminal sexual conduct trials involving the defendant, Daniel VanderVliet. The prosecutor asserts that the testimony of the defendant’s alleged victims, Todd F, Steven C, and John J, is admissible in each of the pending cases1 because it was not offered "to prove the character of a person in order to show that he acted in conformity therewith,” in violation of MRE 404(b). We evaluate this claim in light of…