People v. Major

The defendant was tried by a judge of the Recorder’s Court of Detroit and was convicted of criminal sexual conduct in the second degree.1 It was alleged that he had kissed the breast of 11-year-old Malinda Randolph. The question for our review is the propriety of the trial *396judge’s admission of evidence of allegedly similar acts committed by the defendant on prior occasions.

Malinda Randolph, the complainant, testified that while she was visiting a friend, Paula Cash, the defendant arrived and went into the bathroom. At one point, Paula and the defendant entered the living room to join Malinda.…