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TOWNSEND v. STATE

No. 79A05-9202-CR-55.

612 N.E.2d 216 (1993)

Thomas A. TOWNSEND, Appellant-Defendant, v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee-Plaintiff.

Court of Appeals of Indiana, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied May 28, 1993.

Transfer Denied August 20, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven P. Meyer, Deputy Public Defender, Lafayette, for appellant.

Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., Louis E. Ransdell, Deputy Atty. Gen., Office of Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.

SHARPNACK, Chief Judge.

Thomas Townsend appeals his conviction of various counts of child molesting. Pursuant to our supreme court's recent decision in Lannan v. State (1992), 600 N.E.2d 1334, we reverse on the basis of a single issue:

Did the trial court err in admitting evidence of uncharged acts of molestation for the purpose of proving Townsend's depraved sexual instinct?

Because we reverse on a purely...

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