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State v. Acosta

Citations

  • 123 Wash. App. 424

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  • considering whether admitting defendant’s past convictions was appropriate to establish defendant’s state of mind under ER 404(b) or to rebut a diminished capacity defense
  • pointing out that while some of the 12 convictions and arrests were over two years old, many were more than a decade old and so did not provide insight into the state of mind during the offense charged

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Judges: Deren

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