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· 1/31/1977

Medvid v. State

Citations

  • 359 N.E.2d 274
  • 172 Ind. App. 27
  • 1977 Ind. App. LEXIS 731

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  • where defendant’s predisposition to distribute narcotics was put into issue by entrapment defense, testimony recounting informant’s out-of-court statements to police regarding defendant’s drug-related activities was “highly prejudicial”
  • \To establish [that the government merely afforded the defendant an opportunity to satisfy his erimi-nal intent] it is proper for the state to present evidence of prior crimes from which the jury might reasonably infer the accused's predisposition to commit the offense on trial.\
  • \To establish [that the government merely afforded the defendant an opportunity to satisfy his criminal intent] it is proper for the state to present evidence of prior crimes from which the jury might reasonably infer the accused's predisposition to commit the offense on trial.\

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Judges: Garrard

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