Gilham v. State

How courts have described this case

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• defendant was 12 or 13 at time he committed sexual battery, but given his obvious understanding of sexual acts committed, his age did not render similar offense inadmissible
• “Lapse of time does not render the [similar transaction] evidence automatically inadmissible . . . but is a factor to be taken into consideration when balancing the probative value of the evidence against its potentially prejudicial impact”
• Although the defendant was 12 or 13 at the time he committed a sexual battery on his sister, his knowledge of the difference between a “good touch” and a “bad touch” and his admitted embarrassment about his conduct showed an awareness of its wrongfulness.
• lapse of nine or ten years
• lapse of nine or ten years

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).