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STATE v. SHEPHERD

No. 19818.

855 P.2d 891 (1993)

124 Idaho 54

STATE of Idaho, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Sammy D. SHEPHERD, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Idaho.

July 2, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry S. Ratliff, Mountain Home, for appellant.

Larry EchoHawk, Atty. Gen. and Douglas A. Werth, Deputy Atty. Gen., Boise, for respondent.

WALTERS, Chief Judge.

Sammy David Shepherd was found guilty by a jury of sexual abuse of a child under the age of sixteen, I.C. § 18-1506. The sole issue on appeal is whether Shepherd's right to a fair trial was violated when the state's witness unexpectedly volunteered that Shepherd had also molested another young man. For the reasons explained below, we vacate the judgment of conviction and remand the case for a new trial.

I.

Shepherd was...

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