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Ohio Supreme Court· 5/15/1974

State v. Burson

Citations

  • 38 Ohio St. 2d 157
  • 311 N.E.2d 526
  • 67 Ohio Op. 2d 174
  • 1974 Ohio LEXIS 436

How courts have described this case

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

  • “[T]he prior act must not be too remote and must be closely related in time and nature to the offense charged.”
  • evidence of prior rape was admissible to establish the defendant’s intent to commit the charged rape
  • evidence “that appellant had previously attempted to take money from an individual during a routine traffic stop * * * tended to show a scheme or plan which was relevant to the crime charged”
  • evidence of other acts of a defendant is admissible only when it is relevant to prove the guilt of the defendant of the offense in question

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Beown, Corrigan, Gelebeezze, Herbert, Neill, Steen

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Cites

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