Opinion ID: 1771042
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: The Trial Court Erred in Refusing to Grant Appellant's Motion In Limine to Prevent the Introduction of Testimony Regarding Other Alleged Incidents of Sexual Activity Between Appellant and Alleged Victim.

Text: During the trial D.M. was permitted to testify that Harold White forced her to have sex with him two to three times a week for a period of six months, between May and October of 1984. White made a motion in limine to prevent such testimony, which was overruled. White contends that such testimony was immaterial to the disposition of the case, was highly prejudicial, and tended to show that he was guilty of crimes other than the one in issue. Hicks v. State, 441 So.2d 1359 (Miss. 1983), synthesizes this Court's previous holdings on this issue in Otis v. State, 418 So.2d 65 (Miss. 1982), Speagle v. State, 390 So.2d 990 (Miss. 1980), Davis v. State, 367 So.2d 445 (Miss. 1979), and Brooks v. State, 242 So.2d 865 (Miss. 1971), and held that those cases control the posture of this particular issue. In all of those cases, this Court held that such evidence is admissible in this limited situation to show appellant's lustful, lascivious disposition toward his particular victim, especially where, as here, the victim was under the age of consent. Most recently, this Court has again held that it was not error to permit testimony of previous sexual offenses between appellant and his victim. Woodruff v. State, 518 So.2d 669 (Miss. 1988). There is nothing in this case to distinguish it from any of these previous cases. Therefore, this assignment of error is without merit.