STATE v. BATISTE

No. WD 68396.

264 S.W.3d 648 (2008)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Freddie BATISTE, Jr., Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer to Supreme Court Denied September 2, 2008.

Application for Transfer Denied October 28, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irene C. Karnes, Columbia, MO, for appellant.

Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, MO, Shaun Mackelprang and Cory Lee Atkins, Office of Attorney General, Jefferson City, MO, for respondent.


PAUL M. SPINDEN, Presiding Judge.

Freddie Batiste, Jr., appeals the circuit court's judgment convicting him, after a jury trial, of abusing a child, in violation of Section 568.060, RSMo 2000. He complains of the circuit court's unjustified admission of evidence of prior bad acts and uncharged crimes. We reverse the circuit court's judgment and remand for a new trial.

The charge against Batiste grew out of an incident on March 27, 2006, in connection with...

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