Michigan Court of Appeals· 4/4/2002

People v. Ortiz

Citations

642 N.W.2d 417
249 Mich. App. 297

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explaining that the victim’s statements were “relevant to numerous issues in the case, including the issues of motive, deliberation, and premeditation . . . .”
finding minimal danger that a jury would conclude that, because the defendant had “improperly grabbed two women, he must have killed his ex-wife”
holding 60 that the trial court did not abuse its discretion by admitting, under MRE 803(3), statements made by the defendant’s deceased wife that he had threatened to kill her and that she did not want to get back together with him
“Evidence is unfairly prejudicial when there exists a danger that marginally probative evidence will be given undue or preemptive weight by the jury.”
“It is well accepted that evidence that demonstrates an individual’s state of mind will not be precluded by the hearsay rule.”
“Evidence is unfairly prejudicial when there exists a danger that marginally probative evidence will be given undue or preemptive weight by the jury.”

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Judges: Fitzgerald, P.J., and Hoekstra and Markey

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