Paul E. Brown v. State Indiana

The defendant, Paul E. Brown, was convicted by a jury of three counts of rape, Class A felonies, Ind. Code § 35-42-4-1 (Burns 1979 Repl.) and two counts of criminal deviate conduct, Class A felonies, Ind. Code § 35-42-4-2 (Burns 1979 Repl.). He was sentenced to consecutive terms of thirty years each on Count I and Count II and concurrent terms of thirty years on each of the remaining three counts. Because of the erroneous admission of highly prejudicial testimony, we must reverse the judgment of the trial court and direct that a new trial be granted. We therefore deal with only two of the issues which defendant raises in this direct appeal: