State v. Kilgore

— The sole issue before us is whether a trial court must conduct an evidentiary hearing before *290admitting evidence of “other crimes, wrongs, or acts” pursuant to ER 404(b). Division Two of the Court of Appeals concluded here that the trial court was not required to hold such a hearing. It reached this decision notwithstanding the fact that another division of the Court of Appeals had previously reached a contrary result in another case. We affirm Division Two’s decision in the instant case.

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Mark P. Kilgore was charged in Pierce County Superior Court with four counts of child molestation and…