Allen v. State

WALSH, Justice:

In this appeal from the Superior Court, the appellant, Thomas V. Allen, Jr. (“Allen”), asserts several claims of error arising from his conviction of unlawful sexual intercourse in the first degree. We find reversible and dispositive error in his claim relating to the admission of prior bad acts. Accordingly we reverse his conviction and remand for a new trial.

I

The evidence presented at trial was in sharp conflict and subject to various inferences. It was undisputed, however, that Allen and the alleged victim 1 had been friends for some years and had socialized together. Allen…