State v. Leistiko

The state charged defendant with, among other things, three counts of first-degree rape. Each count involved a different victim and arose out of a separate incident. To prove that each of the three victims had not consented to defendant’s sexual advances, the state offered evidence that defendant had forcibly compelled a fourth woman to engage in sexual intercourse with him. The trial court ruled that the fourth woman’s testimony was admissible, and the jury convicted defendant of two of the three counts of first-degree rape. On appeal, the Court of Appeals upheld the admission of the fourth…