Collins v. State

Melvin Mayfield, Chief Judge.

The appellant was convicted of carnal abuse in the first degree and sentenced to ten years and a fine of $10,000. He was charged with the crime after the eleven-year-old daughter of his live-in girlfriend reported to her grandmother that appellant had been coming to her bed and forcing her to engage in sexual contact and intercourse with him for the past three years. Only one incident, alleged to have occurred on July 16,1982, was charged.

Appellant’s first argument for reversal is that the trial court erred by allowing testimony concerning prior “bad acts” alleged…