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LAFAYETTE v. STATE

No. 45S03-0904-CR-182.

917 N.E.2d 660 (2009)

Otho L. LAFAYETTE, Appellant (Defendant below), v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee (Plaintiff below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

December 8, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark A. Bates, Crown Point, IN, Attorney for Appellant.

Gregory F. Zoeller, Attorney General of Indiana, Karl M. Scharnberg, Joby D. Jerrells, Deputy Attorneys General, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Appellee.

On Petition to Transfer from the Indiana Court of Appeals, No. 45A03-0803-CR-00118

SULLIVAN, Justice.

Defendant Otho Lafayette was convicted of rape based in part on evidence of a ten-year-old conviction for attempted rape of another woman. Indiana law prohibits the use of evidence of prior crimes "to prove the character of a person in order to show action in conformity therewith" except in certain circumstances...

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