STATE v. DeVINCENTIS

No. 46653-4-I.

47 P.3d 606 (2002)

112 Wash.App. 152

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Louis A. DeVINCENTIS, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

June 10, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Heather M. Jensen, Seattle, for Respondent.

Suzanne Lee Elliott, Seattle, for Appellant.


BECKER, C.J.

This is an appeal from a conviction for sexually abusing a child. Applying State v. Lough1, the trial court admitted evidence that the appellant had previously victimized another girl in a markedly similar way under markedly similar circumstances. Appellant asks us to hold that evidence of a prior sex crime does not prove a common scheme or plan unless it has unique or uncommon features atypical of the way the crime...

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