Ohio Supreme Court· 7/2/1975

State v. Curry

Citations

43 Ohio St. 2d 66
330 N.E.2d 720
72 Ohio Op. 2d 37
1975 Ohio LEXIS 541

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holding that other acts evidence “is not admissible when its sole purpose is to show the [defendant’s] propensity or inclination to commit crime”
noting that the State need not prove motive to obtain a conviction
rejecting admission of evidence of uncharged sexual misconduct where sole purpose is to show accused's propensity to commit crime
rejecting admission of evidence of uncharged sexual misconduct where sole purpose is to show accused's propensity to commit crime
observing that under Evid.R. 404(B) \the admission of certain other-acts evidence\ is allowed where the \other acts 'form part of the immediate background of the alleged act which forms the foundation of the crime charged in the indictment' and are 'inextricably related' to the crime\
“If the statute is silent on the question of intent, intent is not an element of the crime.”

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Judges: Brown, Celebrezze, Corrigan, Herbert, Neill, Stern

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