Supreme Court of Colorado· 4/8/2002

People v. Rath

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44 P.3d 1033
2002 WL 518987

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holding that evidence did not violate Rule 403 where it was “less serious, heinous, or egregious” than other evidence presented to the jury
holding that evidence about four other sexual offenses was admissible because, even though there were obvious dissimilarities between the offenses, they shared a number of distinctive and unpredictable personal details, and there were a large number of offenses
holding evidence of the defendant’s prior assaults on similarly aged women under similar circumstances was “logically relevant without reliance upon the [propensity] inference”
concluding that evidence of prior acts was logically relevant to prove a material fact because the incidents “were part of a pattern of behavior . . . demonstrating a method for committing crimes like those for which [the defendant] was on trial”
evaluating similarities between prior acts and crime charged, and balancing against potential for unfair prejudice
requiring the court to exclude evidence under CRE 403 if its incremental probative value is substantially outweighed by unfair prejudice

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Judges: Coats

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