Gilbert Grabill, Appellant (defendant) v. the State of Wyoming, Appellee (plaintiff)

Summary

The court affirmed Grabill's child-abuse conviction, holding that the evidence was sufficient and that evidence of his prior acts involving other children and an adult was admissible to prove identity, intent, and reckless disregard rather than merely propensity. The court also upheld admission of a related photograph, the scope of cross-examination, and the refusal of Grabill's proposed limiting instruction, but remanded for correction of a clerical error stating that he had pleaded guilty. ROSE, Justice, dissenting, would have reversed because the prior-acts evidence was irrelevant, highly prejudicial, and impermissible character evidence.