State v. Bliss

Knudson, J.:

The State brings this interlocutory appeal challenging the district court’s pretrial ruling that under State v. Crossman, 229 Kan. 384, 624 P.2d 461 (1981), other instances of sexual misconduct between the defendant Richard Bliss and the complaining witness, G.W., would not be admissible at trial. The district court reasoned that Crossman permits only evidence of prior acts and, alternatively, the prior acts were not sufficiently similar in nature to the underlying acts in the pending criminal complaint. We reverse and remand because Crossman does not preclude admission of the…