Pawlak v. State

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that the “sheer volume” of 9,900 images of pornography, including homosexual child pornography, was unfairly prejudicial extraneous-offense evidence in a sexual assault case
• concluding that the “sheer volume” of 9,900 images of pornography, including homosexual child pornography, was unfairly prejudicial extraneous-offense evidence in a sexual assault case
• holding evidence of extraneous offenses — specifically over nine thousand - 11 - 04-15-00618-CR pornographic images involving children — was marginally probative of charged offense of sexual assault of a child and unfairly prejudicial by sheer volume
• pointing out all evidence against defendant is by its nature prejudicial
• “[T]he plain language of Rule 403 does not allow a trial court to exclude otherwise relevant evidence when that evidence is merely prejudicial.”
• “[T]he plain language of Rule 403 does not allow a trial court to exclude otherwise relevant evidence when that evidence is merely prejudicial.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).