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Cook v. State

Citations

  • 734 N.E.2d 563
  • 2000 Ind. LEXIS 718
  • 2000 WL 1257262

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that the erroneous admission of Rule 404(b) evidence was harmless error
  • noting that the witnesses were unequivocal and there was more than one eyewitness
  • evidence of motive of third party to commit a crime is relevant, but was properly excluded because of absence of evidence linking erime to a third party
  • “[W]here a relationship between parties is characterized by frequent conflict, evidence of the defendant’s prior assaults and confrontations with the victim may be admitted to show the relationship between the parties and motive for committing the crime.”

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Judges: Rucker, Shepard, Dickson, Sullivan, Boehm

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