State v. Lucas

In this appeal of a first degree sexual assault conviction, the defendant complains of several errors. The more prominent ones are the introduction of a confession after the defendant had been initially arraigned and asked for counsel; and a claim that evidence of collateral crimes was improperly admitted. Finding no reversible error, we affirm the conviction;

The defendant was accused of having sexual intercourse with his stepdaughter on her twelfth birthday, February 6, 1984, at their home. In her testimony, the victim also stated that on some twenty prior occasions the defendant had…