Chicago, Santa Fe & California Railway Co. v. Bates

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• holding that the defendant’s acquiescence to the admission of evidence showing his dire financial situation did not diminish the probative value of evidence detailing his financial deterioration to show his state of mind at the time of the murders
• holding evidence of defendant’s gambling losses and extramarital affair admissible to show motive to kill when he admitted to police that he drugged and robbed murder victims, but claimed he did not kill them
• noting that “although evidence may be relevant, it may have minimal probative value”
• “To be relevant under Rule 404(b), the proffered evidence must be pertinent to an issue that is actually in dispute.”

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