State v. Marinez

¶ 1. This is a review of an unpublished decision of the court of appeals1 regarding the admissibility of other-acts evidence referenced in an otherwise-admissible videotaped statement of a child victim. In the videotaped forensic interview, the then four-year-old alleged victim, M.M.L., disclosed that she was sexually assaulted by the defendant, Miguel E. Marinez, Jr. (Marinez). During this interview, M.M.L. also referred to a separate incident in which Marinez burned her hands with hot water. Marinez had already been convicted of child abuse for that assault before this interview took place.…