Findley v. State

OPINION

By the Court,

THOMPSON, J.:

A jury convicted Robert Lee Findley of the crime of *214lewdness with a child under the age of fourteen years. The victim, a five-year-old girl, testified that Findley had placed his hand upon her “private parts” on several occasions. Findley denied that this had occurred. During the State’s case in chief, two adult women were permitted to testify, over objection, that Findley, some nine years earlier, had molested them in the same way. The admission of such testimony gives rise to this appeal and presents the controlling issue for our decision.

In a sex crime case…