Barnett v. State

RIDGELY, Justice.

Defendant-Appellant, Vincent Barnett, was convicted by a Superior Court jury of Rape First Degree (two counts), Rape Fourth Degree, Unlawful Sexual Contact Second Degree (two counts), and Unlawful Sexual Contact Third Degree. He was sentenced to forty years in prison suspended after thirty years minimum mandatory for decreasing levels of probation. In this appeal Barnett argues that the Superior Court abused its discretion by admitting evidence of several uncharged sexual offenses against the alleged victim, including three uncharged Class A felonies, during the State’s case…