Michigan Supreme Court· 3/20/1990

People v. Engelman

Citations

453 N.W.2d 656
434 Mich. 204

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discussing MRE 404(b)’s role in determining whether evidence of other acts “tends to establish some intermediate inference, other than the improper inference of character, which is in turn probative of. . . the commission of the [alleged criminal] act”
explaining the permissible uses of other- bad-acts evidence, including identity evidence
our inquiry is not ended simply because the theories of admissibility advanced by the prosecutor or accepted by the trial court ultimately are found incorrect
“Evidence of motive can be relevant to prove the commission of the actus reus. . . . Evidence of motive which suggests the doing of the act charged is always admissible.”
explaining the permissible uses of other-bad-acts evidence, including identity evidence
trial court erred in admitting evidence of uncharged sexual misconduct because the defendant “did not have a single plan which encompassed both of these acts, and it does not appear on this record that the acts were in different stages of the same, comprehensive plan”

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Judges: Riley, Brickley, Griffin, Boyle, Cavanagh, Archer, Levin

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