STATE v. HUGGINS

No. 10545.

18 Utah 2d 219 (1966)

418 P.2d 978

STATE OF UTAH, PLAINTIFF AND RESPONDENT, v. GERALD OAKLEY HUGGINS, DEFENDANT AND APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Utah.

October 20, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L.G. Bingham, Ogden, for appellant.

Phil L. Hansen, Atty. Gen., Ronald N. Boyce, Chief Asst. Atty. Gen., Salt Lake City, for respondent.


HENRIOD, Chief Justice:

Appeal from a conviction for molesting two little girls, aged 6 and 7. Reversed with a new trial ordered.

Defendant, next door neighbor, was accused of indecent manipulation of the girls' privates. He denied any knowledge thereof.

At the trial, the prosecution, without having named a 10-year-old girl as a witness, offered her to attest to a similar offense on the same day. Before testifying, the court let it be known to the...

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