McGill v. State

OPINION

STEWART, Judge.

A jury convicted Tracy J. McGill of first-degree sexual assault. 1 McGill argues that the superior court erroneously admitted evidence of his prior bad acts. McGill also contends that a jury instruction was faulty. We conclude that the superior court did not abuse its discretion by admitting the challenged evidence, or, at worst, committed harmless error. We further conclude that the instruction was not an abuse of disceretion. Therefore, we affirm.

Facts and proceedings

On November 7, 1997, Priscilla Dayton called the Fairbanks police and reported that a woman was being…