State v. Houghton

DUNN, Justice.

This case involves an appeal1 from an intermediate order of the trial court ruling that collateral evidence of other alleged rapes would not be admissible in the present rape prosecution. We affirm.

On June 17, 1977, defendant Houghton was charged by indictment with the rape2 of one B. S. On January 4, 1978, the trial court held a hearing on the state’s motion for a pre-trial ruling as to the admissibility *789of evidence of prior rapes in order to show identity as well as intent, scheme, plan, and modus operandi. During this hearing, the trial court relied upon the testimony given…