Court Opinion

ID: 9795991
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 03:44:48.164279+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:43:49.570829
License: Public Domain

CHAPEL, J.,
Dissenting:
T1 James claims that evidence of other crimes should not have been admitted to prove the charges against him. I agree. I believe that 22 O.S.Supp.2007, §§ 2418(C) and 2414(C), the statutes allowing admission of other crimes evidence in sexual abuse cases, are unconstitutional. The statutes violate both the due process and equal protection clauses of the United States Constitution as well as the Oklahoma constitution.1 Because I would hold the statutes unconstitutional I express no opinion on the ex post facto issue. I would reverse James's case and remand for a new trial with appropriate evidence. I dissent.

. I discussed my view thoroughly in Horr v. State, 2009 OK CR 7 (Chapel, J., dissenting).