State v. Bovee

Defendant appeals from a conviction for sodomy in the second degree. He contends that the trial court erred in admitting evidence of his alleged prior sexual misconduct. We conclude that the evidence was inadmissible and reverse.

In February, 1977, defendant, an adult director of a church youth group, supervised a group of young boys at a camp-out at Honeyman State Park. On the evening of February 18, three of the boys who were in defendant’s charge were directed to sleep in defendant’s trailer. Two of the boys slept in a double bed at one end of the trailer. Defendant instructed the third,…