Getz v. State

How courts have described this case

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• holding that to be admissible, evidence of other crimes “must be proved by evidence which is ‘plain, clear[,] and conclusive’” (quoting Renzi v. State, 320 A.2d 711, 712 (Del. 1974))
• holding that where, as here, a statute defines intent as a “conscious object . . . the jury may infer that intention from the circumstances surrounding the act charged” (internal quotation marks and citations omitted)
• setting forth the guidelines a court should consider in deciding whether to admit evidence of other crimes
• placing limitations on the admission of evidence of a defendant's prior bad acts
• outlining the six guiding factors in determining admissibility of evidence of other crimes
• outlining the six guiding factors in determining admissibility of evidence of other crimes

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