Tracy D. Guffey v. State of Indiana

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• explaining that evidence was admissible under Rule 404(b)(2) where the defendant’s acts of encouraging the victim’s exposure to alcohol and sexually-tinged content and acts were done to prepare the victim to be more comfortable with the eventual sexual act that the defendant had planned
• “We have previously held that a defendant’s planning and grooming were relevant and established a valid basis for the admission of prior acts under Rule 404(b).”
• Trial court has “flexibility upon remand, including the ability to increase sentences for individual convictions without giving rise to a presumption of vindictive sentencing, so long as the aggregate sentence is no longer than originally imposed.”

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