Neal Roberts v. State of Arkansas

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• holding that absent “supporting evidence showing that those who are not fixated pedophiles are less likely to commit incest abuse”, evidence of a “non-proclivity for pedophilia” was irrelevant
• concluding that a district court did not abuse its discretion in denying the admissibility of expert testimony on plethysmograph testing under Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 509 U.S. 579 (1993
• concluding that evidence of previous physical abuse by a father accused of sexually assaulting his daughter was necessary to show the power and control he had over his victim and his victim’s fear of retribution for standing up to or reporting him
• concluding that evidence of previous physical abuse by a father accused of sexually assaulting his daughter was necessary to show the power and control he had over his victim and his victim’s fear of retribution for standing up to or reporting him
• recognizing “Rule 404(b) as an inclusive rule, admitting all evidence of other crimes or acts except that which tends to prove only criminal disposition” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• recognizing that a limiting instruction will “generally obviate any ... prejudice”

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