State of Tennessee v. Henry Lee Jones

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• holding that an accomplice is “one who knowingly, voluntarily, and with common intent with the principal unites in the commission of a crime”
• concluding that the trial court abused its discretion in admitting evidence of a subsequent murder in the defendant’s murder trial based, in part, on the trial court’s failure to properly weigh the significant differences between the murders
• stating that this court “may not substitute our own inferences for those drawn by the trial court” as the factfinder
• noting that defendant’s identity must actually be a contested issue before the other act evidence is admissible for that purpose
• stating that a Rule 404(b) hearing may occur prior to trial
• providing for the admission of evidence of other crimes on the issue of identity where the defendant “used a peculiar and distinctive method in committing the crimes”

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