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Ortiz v. State

Citations

  • 741 N.E.2d 1203
  • 2001 Ind. LEXIS 66
  • 2001 WL 83501

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  • holding that the admission of evidence of defendant’s prior bad acts was harmless error where defendant’s conviction was supported by substantial independent evidence of guilt
  • concluding that defendant’s testimony that he was not a killer did not create false impression that he was an upstanding citizen and therefore did not open the door to evidence of his criminal recklessness conviction
  • evidence of defendant's criminally reckless attack on third person was inadmissible to show his intent to kill victim

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Judges: Boehm, Shepard, Dickson, Rucker, Sullivan

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