Wickizer v. State

ON PETITION TO TRANSFER

DICKSON, Justice.

Appellant-Defendant Dewey Edward Wickizer was convicted of three class D felony counts of child molestation. The Court of Appeals affirmed. Wickizer v. State (1993), Ind.App., 619 N.E.2d 947. We grant transfer to address questions regarding the admissibility of prior conduct evidence under the “intent” exception of Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b), substantially adopted now as Indiana Rule of Evidence 404(b).1

The defendant was charged in an amended information with touching a 14-year-old male on three occasions with intent to arouse the defendant’s…