State v. Young

A jury found Appellant Derringer Young (Young) guilty of kidnapping and assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature (ABHAN) as a lesser included offense of criminal sexual conduct (CSC) stemming from a drug transaction with a female victim. Young appealed on the grounds that the trial court improperly admitted evidence of prior convictions for CSC and criminal domestic violence (CDV). The court of appeals affirmed Young’s conviction and this Court granted certiorari. We affirm the decision of the court of appeals as modified.

Factual/Procedural Background

Young was charged with…