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Allen v. State

Citations

  • 720 N.E.2d 707
  • 1999 Ind. LEXIS 1166
  • 1999 WL 1140673

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  • concluding that even if the trial court abused its discretion in admitting evidence of another crime under the identity exception in Evidence Rule 404(b), the error was harmless in light of the DNA evidence linking Allen to the crime he was on trial for
  • determining that evidence of Allen’s prior sexual assaults was admissible because they were strikingly similar to the crime at issue and served to prove identity, which was a crucial issue at trial

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Judges: Shepard, Sullivan, Rucker, Dickson, Boehm

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