Franks v. State

By the Court, CHERRY, J.:

*754In this appeal, we consider a district court's decision to allow the State to introduce evidence of prior, uncharged sexual acts committed by appellant during appellant's current prosecution for a sexual offense for purposes of showing propensity under NRS 48.045(3). We conclude that the plain language of NRS 48.045(3) permits the district court to admit evidence of a separate sexual offense for purposes of proving propensity in a sexual offense prosecution. We further conclude that, although such evidence may be admitted for propensity purposes without the district…