Hatcher v. State

The defendant was convicted of sexual abuse of his wife's 10-year-old sister, who was living with the defendant and his wife. The Court of Criminal Appeals reversed the defendant's conviction on the ground that the trial court had erred in allowing the State to present evidence that the defendant had committed another sex crime after the date of the offenses with which he was charged in this case.

The defendant, Tommie Lee Hatcher was indicted for rape in the first degree and sexual abuse in the first degree. T.M., the alleged victim in this case, was 10 years of age when she came to live with…