Austin v. State

Defendant (Appellant) was charged with the crimes of Sodomy, Rape and Kidnapping, all arising out of the abduction and abuses of the prosecuting witness by the defendant on November 8, 1972. He was found guilty on all counts and sentenced to imprisonment upon such charges respectively for terms of two (2) to fourteen (14) years, two (2) to twenty-one (21) years and life. His appeal presents four issues:

I. The admissibility of evidence of prior sexual offenses of the defendant.

II. The admissibility of testimony that the defendant had approached another woman shortly prior to the abduction of…