People v. District Court in & for First Judicial District, Jefferson County

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that “cautionary instructions . . . may suffice to reduce the danger of prejudice to an acceptable level”
• defining unfairly prejudicial evidence as having \an undue tendency to suggest a decision on an improper basis\
• we must afford evidence maximum probative value and minimum unfair prejudicial effect when reviewing under CRE 408
• \the balance should generally be struck in favor of admission when evidence indicates a close relationship to the event charged\
• \the balance should generally be struck in favor of admission when evidence indicates a close relationship to the event charged\
• “The trial court should not exclude proffered evidence as unfairly prejudicial simply because it damages the defendant’s case.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).