State v. Buie

WYNN, Judge.

Defendant James McQueen Buie appeals his convictions for first-degree sexual assault, robbery with a dangerous weapon, second-degree kidnapping, and first-degree rape. He argues that the trial court erred in allowing the admission of character evidence about the alleged victim and the narration of video surveillance tapes by a police detective. After careful review of the record, we hold that the trial court committed error in the admission of this evidence; however, finding the error to be harmless, we affirm.

At trial, the State presented evidence tending to show the following:…