CARE AND TREATMENT OF ETTEL v. State

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• ruling the defendant's prior, unconvicted sexual offenses had probative value as to whether the defendant was unable to control his sexual behavior
• holding a trial court may properly admit evidence of prior sexual offenses, even those not resulting in convictions, if the evidence is relevant and its probative value outweighs any prejudicial effect
• emphasizing the importance of the expert's reliance on sources other than the defendant's prior, unconvicted sexual offenses in evaluating the defendant as a sexually violent predator
• explaining an expert witness may consider \both convictions and offenses not resulting in convictions as long as they are relevant to the determination of whether a person is a[n] [SVP]\
• allowing introduction of prior murder conviction \because [the expert] relied on [it] in evaluating Ettel's need for and likelihood of success in treatment as well as his ability to control his behavior in the future\
• \Evidence is relevant if it tends to establish or make more or less probable the matter in controversy.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).