STATE v. TROTTER

No. S-00-487.

632 N.W.2d 325 (2001)

262 Neb. 443

STATE of Nebraska, Appellee, v. Harold Jay TROTTER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

August 17, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven E. Achelpohl, Omaha, for appellant.

Don Stenberg, Attorney General, and Barry Waid, Lincoln, for appellee.

HENDRY, C.J., and WRIGHT, CONNOLLY, GERRARD, STEPHAN, McCORMACK, and MILLER-LERMAN, JJ.


GERRARD, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Harold Jay Trotter was convicted of child abuse, child abuse resulting in death, and manslaughter of Christopher Churchill, the son of Tammy Churchill, Trotter's girl friend at the time of Christopher's death. The main issue on appeal is whether the trial court committed reversible error when it allowed evidence of prior bad acts relating to Trotter and his ex-spouses at trial. Trotter argues that such evidence is inadmissible...

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