State v. Torres

WATANABE, Judge.

Defendant-Appellant Rodney Edward Torres (Defendant) appeals from the March 24, 1995 Judgment of the Third Circuit Court (circuit court), convicting him of committing the offense of sexual assault in the first degree against his niece (Complainant), in violation of Hawai'i Revised Statutes (HRS) § 707-730(l)(b) (1993).

Defendant asserts that: (1) the circuit court abused its discretion when it admitted evidence of several of Defendant’s prior bad acts; (2) the circuit court plainly erred when it allowed the deputy prosecuting attorney to question Complainant about an…