State v. Roberts

LANSING, Judge.

Douglas Doyle Roberts was found guilty by a jury of lewd and lascivious conduct with, and sexual abuse of, his granddaughter, S.H. At the trial, the State presented the testimony of three other girls who said that Roberts had also molested them. By this appeal we are asked to determine the propriety of an evidentiary ruling by the district court that dissuaded Roberts from presenting alibi evidence which, he contends, would have impeached the three girls’ testimony about pri- or uncharged molestations. The district court ruled that if Roberts presented alibi testimony to show…