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STATE v. DUTTON

896 S.W.2d 114 (1995)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellee, v. Steven E. DUTTON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

March 13, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles S. Kelly, Dyersburg, for appellant.

Charles W. Burson, Atty. Gen. & Reporter Nashville, Kathy Morante, Deputy Atty. Gen., for appellee.

OPINION

ANDERSON, Chief Justice.

The primary issue presented in this appeal is whether the trial court's error in admitting evidence of prior sex crimes, which were independent from the sex crime for which the defendant was indicted and charged, was harmless error in this case.

The State has conceded that both the trial court and Court of Criminal Appeals erred by admitting evidence of prior uncharged sex crimes, but argues that the error...

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