Supreme Court of South Carolina· 8/4/2008

State v. Fletcher

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664 S.E.2d 480
379 S.C. 17
2008 S.C. LEXIS 233

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reaffirming that Rule 404(b), SCRE, requires the State to show either a prior conviction or prove the prior bad act by clear and convincing evidence because Rule 404 evidence asserts directly that the defendant has acted wrongly in the past
noting the admission of prior bad act evidence when the offender was unsubstantiated was not harmless error because the identity of the perpetrator was the essential issue at trial
noting the admission of prior bad act evidence when the offender was unsubstantiated was not harmless error because the identity of the perpetrator was the essential issue at trial
explaining “why certain prior bad act testimony is inadmissible, i.e., ...” when “the only function of [the] testimony ... was to demonstrate ... bad character” which was “used by the jury to infer that the defendant did in fact commit the crime”
“To be admissible, the bad act must logically relate to the crime with which the defendant has been charged.”
“[T]here is simply no evidence, let alone clear and convincing evidence that Fletcher was the perpetrator of the prior bad acts____”

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Judges: Waller, Moore, Pleicones, Childs, Toal

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