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Southward v. State

Citations

  • 957 N.E.2d 975
  • 2011 Ind. App. LEXIS 1886
  • 2011 WL 5401758

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  • observing that the use of evidence prohibited under Rule 404(b) carries with it the risk of the “forbidden inference” that a person’s bad act on a prior occasion shows that the act now at issue conforms with such person’s propensity to commit said bad acts
  • “Use of Evid.R. 404(b) evidence carries with it the risk of the ‘forbidden inference’ that a person’s bad act on a prior occasion shows that the act now at issue conforms with such person’s propensity to commit said bad acts.”

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Judges: Najam, Riley

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