State v. Featherson

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a rape conviction and uncharged conduct from at least nine years before the charged rape were too remote in time to be probative of a noncharacter purpose
• presuming that trial judges afford evidence only the weight and effect it deserves
• holding “[e]vidence of other crimes, wrongs, or acts may be admitted if it has ‘a special relevance to a controverted issue and is introduced for a purpose other than to show the defendant’s predisposition to criminality.’ ” (citation omitted)
• rejecting evidence of nonconsensual sex with other women where identity not contested and pattern evidence irrelevant

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).