Add to ORKGThe federal courts\u27 current approach to character evidence is widely recognized as problematic. Although Rule 404(b)(1) categorically prohibits the use of character evidence, Rule 404(b)(2) presents a list of examples of permitted purposes that has tempted courts to view the admission of other-acts evidence as proper so long as the evidence is merely relevant to a non-character purpose. Additionally, courts have misconstrued the inclusive structure of Rule 404(b) as creating a presumption in favor of admissibility. Recent efforts to correct this mistakenly permissive view include decisions by several of the federal circuit courts of appeals recognizing that Rule 404(b) requires a more careful approach, as well as a revision to Rule 404(b...
This Note argues that, in a prosecution for a violation of a specific intent criminal statute, the g...
In Washington, the introduction of evidence of other misconduct to show intent or absence of mistake...
The Federal Rules of Evidence purport to prohibit character evidence, or evidence regarding a defend...
Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b), which governs the admissibility of other-acts evidence, is a mess, ...
The admission of a criminal defendant’s prior bad acts can be a powerful tool for attaining a convic...
In all of the federal circuit courts of appeals, application of Rule 404(b) of the Federal Rules of ...
The purpose of this Article is to examine how federal circuit courts of appeals’ references to the i...
In all of the federal circuit courts of appeals, application of Rule 404(b) of the Federal Rules of ...
Some rules of evidence are complex. The federal rules governing the admissibility of hearsay stateme...
It is a fundamental principle of the American justice system that a defendant should be judged on th...
Of the numerous provisions in the Indiana Rules of Evidence, few have proved as complicated in appl...
Federal Rule of Evidence 404 severely limits the government’s ability to offer evidence of a defenda...
Defendants have the same right to offer Rule 404(b) evidence as prosecutors, and they are not requir...
A central principle of U.S. law is that individuals should be judged in court based on their actions...
Congress enacted the Federal Rules of Evidence to govern evidentiary procedures and “eliminate unjus...
This Note argues that, in a prosecution for a violation of a specific intent criminal statute, the g...
In Washington, the introduction of evidence of other misconduct to show intent or absence of mistake...
The Federal Rules of Evidence purport to prohibit character evidence, or evidence regarding a defend...
Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b), which governs the admissibility of other-acts evidence, is a mess, ...
The admission of a criminal defendant’s prior bad acts can be a powerful tool for attaining a convic...
In all of the federal circuit courts of appeals, application of Rule 404(b) of the Federal Rules of ...
The purpose of this Article is to examine how federal circuit courts of appeals’ references to the i...
In all of the federal circuit courts of appeals, application of Rule 404(b) of the Federal Rules of ...
Some rules of evidence are complex. The federal rules governing the admissibility of hearsay stateme...
It is a fundamental principle of the American justice system that a defendant should be judged on th...
Of the numerous provisions in the Indiana Rules of Evidence, few have proved as complicated in appl...
Federal Rule of Evidence 404 severely limits the government’s ability to offer evidence of a defenda...
Defendants have the same right to offer Rule 404(b) evidence as prosecutors, and they are not requir...
A central principle of U.S. law is that individuals should be judged in court based on their actions...
Congress enacted the Federal Rules of Evidence to govern evidentiary procedures and “eliminate unjus...
This Note argues that, in a prosecution for a violation of a specific intent criminal statute, the g...
In Washington, the introduction of evidence of other misconduct to show intent or absence of mistake...
The Federal Rules of Evidence purport to prohibit character evidence, or evidence regarding a defend...