State v. Clemans

Justice Beth Baker delivered the Opinion of the Court.

***215¶ 1 A jury found Michael Lee Clemans guilty of one count of sexual intercourse without consent in violation of § 45-5-503(1), MCA. Clemans argues on appeal that the District Court deprived him of a fair trial when it allowed the victim's mother to provide testimony about Clemans's prior assault against the victim's brother and when it sent the victim's forensic interview video into the jury room during deliberations. We affirm.

PROCEDURAL AND FACTUAL BACKGROUND

¶ 2 In July 2014, sixteen-year-old A.P. confided in her mother, Hester,…