State v. Cofield

¶ 1. Luther Wade Cofield appeals from a judgment entered after a jury found him guilty of three counts of first-degree sexual assault and one count of kidnapping, while armed, all as a habitual offender. Cofield claims that the trial court erroneously exercised its discretion when it admitted "other acts" evidence relating to Cofield's previous convictions of sexual assault of one woman and physical attack of another women. Because the trial court erroneously admitted this evidence, we reverse and remand the case for a new trial.1

I. BACKGROUND

¶ 2. On September 5, 1997, Lee H., who lived…