Matakovich v. UCBR

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• concluding that the similar acts and circumstances taken together do not support a finding that the same person was probably involved in all the cases
• concluding that the similar acts and circumstances taken together do not support a finding that the same person was probably involved in all the cases
• agreeing with the prosecution that the evidence of the alternate suspect's other crimes would tend to confuse the issues in the case before the jury and unduly delay the trial
• adopting the Bueno test for admissibility of similar offense evidence relating to identity
• \[T]he test for admissibility of similar offense evidence introduced by the defendant ... must [be] decide[d] ... on a case-by-case basis.\
• entry through back window, threat of knife, tying of victim's hands, sexual assault, and theft were common to most sexual assaults and not distinctive or unusual enough to represent signature of individual

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