STATE v. TORRES

No. 101,285.

273 P.3d 729 (2012)

STATE of Kansas, Appellee, v. Pedro D. TORRES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

April 6, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reid T. Nelson , of Capital and Conflicts Appeals Office, argued the cause and was on the briefs for appellant.

Lesley A. Isherwood , assistant district attorney, argued the cause, and Nola Tedesco Foulston , district attorney, and Steve Six , attorney general, were with her on the briefs for appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by LEBEN, J.:

Pedro Torres was convicted of two counts of rape against the 11-year-old daughter of a woman who lived with Torres in Wichita. At trial, the State was allowed to present evidence related to Torres' conviction nearly two decades earlier for one count of indecent liberties with a child—evidence that was admitted to show Torres' plan by evidence that he had such a similar method of committing such crimes that...

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