STEWART, Associate Chief Justice:
On appeal, Michael Doporto contests, on the basis of numerous asserted errors in the trial court, his conviction for sodomy on a child. He was sentenced to a prison term of fifteen years to life. We hold that the trial court erred in admitting evidence of prior crimes, vacate the verdict, and remand for a new trial.
I. FACTS
On March 17, 1993, the State charged Doporto with the crime of sodomy on a child, a first...
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