Baker v. State

STEELE, Chief Justice.

The defendant-appellant, Thomas Baker, appeals from his convictions for Second Degree Rape and two counts of Unlawful Sexual Contact. During trial, Baker took the stand and testified in his own defense. He categorically denied all of the allegations of rape and sexual abuse that the complaining witness, his daughter, brought against him. On appeal, Baker argues, among other things, that while cross examining him, the prosecutor engaged in misconduct by insinuating through a question that Baker had some prior “familiarity with sex offenses.” We have concluded that that…