Legal Opinion
State v. Nelson-Waggoner
Utah Supreme Court
Decided July 11, 2000No. 980263PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILKINS, Justice:
"[ 1 Defendant Stacey Lamar Nelson-Wag-goner appeals his conviction of rape, a first degree felony, on the ground that the trial court erred in admitting evidence of rapes he allegedly committed on other occasions with other victims. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
12 On March 24, 1997, defendant was charged with five counts of rape with five different victims, each occurring in Cache County between December 1996 and February 1997. On defendant's motion, the trial court ordered separate trials on each count.
13 Before the first trial, for the alleged rape of K.M., the State moved to admit…
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