State v. Andrews

SCHUMAN, S. J.

A jury found defendant guilty of committing multiple sexual offenses against his biological daughter, S. A., and his stepdaughter, S. H. During trial, a different stepdaughter, T. N., was allowed to testify that defendant had committed similar acts of sexual abuse against her, that she had made allegations against defendant, that the case brought against defendant on the basis of those allegations was ultimately dismissed, and that, as a result of her allegations, she was ostracized from the family. The state contended, and the court agreed, that the testimony was relevant…