Appellate Court of Illinois· 6/13/2006

People v. Boyd

Citations

851 N.E.2d 827
366 Ill. App. 3d 84
303 Ill. Dec. 640
2006 Ill. App. LEXIS 504

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holding that admission of sexual assault of another victim was proper other crimes evidence to prove the defendant’s intent and propensity to commit rape
holding that admission of sexual assault of another victim was proper other crimes evidence to prove the defendant's intent and propensity to commit rape
noting that in “cases where the defendant claims the victim consented to the sexual assault, courts have found other-crime evidence relevant to prove defendant’s criminal intent or lack of an innocent frame of -19- 1-14-3616 mind”
stating that “[m]odus operandi evidence ordinarily is not relevant where identity is not at issue”; because “the defense theory was consent, the identity of the offender was not at issue” and “[m]odus operandi would not have been a relevant basis to admit the other crimes evidence”
finding the trial court improperly admitted other-crimes evidence for common design, but rejecting the defendant's argument that the trial court improperly admitted the other-crimes evidence because evidence was admissible for propensity
defining motive as “[s]omething, esp. willful desire, that leads one to act.”

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Judges: Wolfson

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