State v. G.S.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

HANDLER, J.

In this case, the defendant was indicted and convicted for repeated acts of sexual molestation of his stepdaughter over a three-year period. Some of the evidence admitted at trial related to acts of sexual molestation that allegedly occurred over a period of time before the offenses charged in the indictment allegedly happened.

The trial court instructed the jury that such evidence may not be considered as demonstrating that defendant had a predisposition to commit the offenses charged, but failed more specifically to explain to the jury the…