State v. Urlacher

The state appeals from a pretrial order granting defendant’s motion to limit evidence in his trial for first degree rape. The circuit court ruled that it would not admit testimony of two women other than the alleged victim that defendant had made aggressive sexual advances toward during the 12 hours preceding the alleged rape. We affirm.

After pretrial discovery, defendant moved to exclude the testimony on the ground that it was evidence of other crimes or bad acts by defendant which were not relevant to the crime charged and would be highly prejudicial to his defense. The court held a…