State v. Norwood

¶ 1. Van G. Norwood appeals from a judgment of conviction for sexual assault of a child and an order denying his motion for postconviction relief. He makes three claims: (1) that he was entitled to a substitution of judge because his substitution request came prior to any preliminary contested matter; (2) that his letter to the court offering to plead guilty, which contained inculpatory statements, should not have been admitted because our state statutes prohibit such evidence from coming in; and (3) that it was improper for the State to put on "other acts" evidence in its case-in-chief…