State v. Eaton

After a jury trial, defendant was convicted of first degree sodomy and first degree rape. The sole issue on appeal is whether the trial court committed prejudicial error in permitting the prosecution to present evidence that, at the time of his arrest, defendant possessed a forged driver’s license.

The rape occurred on the evening of July 14,1976. The victim, while walking home, accepted a ride from two men in a sports car. After purchasing three quarts of beer and procuring some pills, the men drove the victim to an abandoned hotel in Scotts Mills where they forced her to submit to sexual…