When are Prior Bad Acts Allowed in Texas Sex Crimes: Is Your Past Haunting You?
Published: Jul 23, 2020 in Child Sex Crimes, Sex Crimes, Sex Crimes Involving ChildrenWhen you’re charged with a sex crime in Texas, you can bet that the police will dig into your past. They’re looking for skeletons in your closet, like past convictions or arrests. The bigger, the better. They’ll specifically look for prior sex crimes that might be related to the current case, like if you’re accused of child molestation and were previously convicted of statutory rape as a young adult. In certain cases, prior bad acts are admissible evidence in sex crimes. But you shouldn’t let the prosecution use your criminal…