Com. v. Prysock

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• holding that evidence did not violate Rule 403 where it was “less serious, heinous, or egregious” than other evidence presented to the jury
• holding that evidence about four other sexual offenses was admissible because, even though there were obvious dissimilarities between the offenses, they shared a number of distinctive and unpredictable personal details, and there were a large number of offenses
• holding evidence of the defendant’s prior assaults on similarly aged women under similar circumstances was “logically relevant without reliance upon the [propensity] inference”
• concluding that evidence of prior acts was logically relevant to prove a material fact because the incidents “were part of a pattern of behavior . . . demonstrating a method for committing crimes like those for which [the defendant] was on trial”
• evaluating similarities between prior acts and crime charged, and balancing against potential for unfair prejudice
• requiring the court to exclude evidence under CRE 403 if its incremental probative value is substantially outweighed by unfair prejudice

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