Supreme Court of Vermont· 11/19/1993
State v. Forbes
Citations
- 640 A.2d 13
- 161 Vt. 327
- 1993 Vt. LEXIS 163
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that 404(b)’s list is not exclusive and admission of evidence establishing pattern of misconduct with daughter establishes “specifically defendant’s propensity to engage in sexual contact with his daughter as an object of his desire”
- noting that evidence of prior history of abuse has been held admissible to establish an ongoing abusive relationship so as “to allow the victim to tell enough of the story to preserve its integrity as a credible one”
- allowing evidence of other bad acts as context tending to overcome defendant’s categorical denial of any sexual abuse
- allowing evidence of other bad acts as context tending to overcome defendant’s categorical denial of any sexual abuse
- stating that “Rule 404(b) allows evidence of uncharged conduct for any purpose” other than acting in conformity with bad character and that admissible purposes listed in Rule 404(b) are “not exclusive,” as indicated by Rule’s use of phrase “such as”
- explaining further that “[j]urors may believe that fathers ordinarily do not molest their daughters only once and that the child must not be telling the truth without evidence of a pattern”
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Judges: Allen, Gibson, Dooley, Morse, Johnson
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23 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- State v. DeJesusSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2008-08-19· cited 196×
- State v. MerriamSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2003-07-15· cited 88×
- State v. HinchliffeSupreme Court of Vermont· 2009-11-06· cited 54×
- State v. LipkaSupreme Court of Vermont· 2002-11-01· cited 51×
- John A. Russell Corp. v. BohligSupreme Court of Vermont· 1999-08-27· cited 46×
- State v. SandersSupreme Court of Vermont· 1998-04-24· cited 34×
- State v. LongleySupreme Court of Vermont· 2007-10-12· cited 32×
- State v. BrillonSupreme Court of Vermont· 2010-03-19· cited 30×
- State v. TurnerSupreme Court of Vermont· 2003-07-17· cited 28×
- State v. WileySupreme Court of Vermont· 2007-02-02· cited 25×
- State v. HendricksSupreme Court of Vermont· 2001-11-16· cited 21×
- State v. PerrilloSupreme Court of Vermont· 1994-09-23· cited 19×
- State v. Tristan CameronSupreme Court of Vermont· 2016-12-23· cited 19×
- State v. Lawrence, Sr.Supreme Court of Vermont· 2013-08-09· cited 11×
- State v. LerouxSupreme Court of Vermont· 2008-08-14· cited 10×
- State v. James MenizeSupreme Court of Vermont· 2023-08-18· cited 9×
- State v. BrownSupreme Court of Vermont· 2010-11-19· cited 7×
- State v. AndersonSupreme Court of Vermont· 2005-01-27· cited 6×
- State v. ConnorSupreme Court of Vermont· 2011-02-23· cited 4×
- State v. William O. Stanley, Sr.Supreme Court of Vermont· 2015-09-11· cited 3×
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