· 1/4/2013
Randall S. Rothwell
Citations
- 154 Idaho 125
- 294 P.3d 1137
- 2013 WL 53731
- 2013 Ida. App. LEXIS 1
How courts have described this case
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- holding that, for purposes of I.R.E. 404(a)(1), a defendant’s morality with respect to minors is a pertinent character trait in cases involving sexual misconduct with a minor
- holding that “character traits relating to a defendant’s sexual morality with children are pertinent”
- listing cases from jurisdictions that allow reputation evidence on sexual morality and cases from jurisdictions that do not
- improper exclusion of character evidence that defendant was trustworthy with children was harmless, given its marginal probative value
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Judges: Lansing, Gratton, Melanson
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