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· 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

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

  • 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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