A prosecutor is seeking to use information about a previous crime during the trial of a Lansing man who is accused of taking indecent liberties with a 6-year-old boy.
A judge heard arguments on a prosecution motion Thursday in the case of Joseph P. Ward.
District Judge Gunnar Sundby didn’t make a ruling on the motion. The judge said he needs more information.
Ward, 45, is charged with one count of aggravated indecent liberties with a child. The crime is alleged to have occurred Sept. 9, 2008, at a Lansing residence.
A trial has been scheduled for Dec. 7.
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