STATE v. MOORE

No. 65A83.

305 S.E.2d 542 (1983)

STATE of North Carolina v. Eric Jerome MOORE.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

August 9, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rufus L. Edmisten, Atty. Gen. by Richard L. Kucharski, Asst. Atty. Gen., and David E. Broome, Jr., Associate Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.

Pinkney J. Moses, Greensboro, for defendant-appellant.


MITCHELL, Justice.

The principal question presented by the defendant's appeal is whether the trial court committed prejudicial error by allowing the State to introduce evidence that the defendant committed a sexual crime against another individual subsequent to the crime for which he was being tried. We hold that the evidence was erroneously admitted and that its admission prejudiced the defendant and requires a new trial.

The State introduced evidence which...

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