Supreme Court of Iowa· 11/25/1987

State v. Butler

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415 N.W.2d 634
1987 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 1331

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ruling the “legislature addressed separate evils” by enacting separate statutes for burglary and for the possession of burglar’s tools
concluding modified “nippers” used in defendant’s burglaries were sufficiently similar to admit 18 evidence
holding rare burglar’s tool used by the defendant in previous crimes and the tool used in the case on appeal were sufficiently similar to permit prior-bad-acts evidence for purpose of proving identity
holding rare burglar’s tool used by the defendant in previous crimes and the tool used in the case on appeal were sufficiently similar to permit prior-bad-acts evidence for the purpose of proving identity
concluding modified “nippers” used in defendant’s burglaries were sufficiently similar to admit evidence
concluding modified “nippers” used in defendant’s burglaries were sufficiently similar to admit 18 evidence

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Judges: Harris, Larson, Schultz, Lavorato, Neuman

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