State v. Cross

TROUT, Chief Justice.

A jury convicted Oscar R. Cross (Cross) on two counts of Lewd and Lascivious Conduct with a Minor under Sixteen, one count of Sexual Battery on a Minor Child Sixteen or Seventeen Years of Age, and one count of Sexual Abuse of a Child under the Age of Sixteen. The trial court sentenced Cross to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Cross brings this appeal arguing that the trial court erred by (1) allowing the jury to hear preliminary hearing testimony of a witness not present at trial, (2) admitting evidence of Cross’ prior bad acts, and (3) imposing an…