· 5/14/2013
State v. Gittemeier
Citations
- 400 S.W.3d 838
- 2013 WL 1966385
- 2013 Mo. App. LEXIS 576
How courts have described this case
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- holding that despite remoteness of the extraneous offense, the trial court could have reasonably determined that the “remarkable similarities” between the extraneous offenses and charged offenses strengthened the probative force of the evidence
- holding that despite remoteness of the extraneous offense, the trial court could have reasonably determined that the “remarkable similarities” between the extraneous offenses and charged offenses strengthened the probative force of the evidence
- “[a] defendant having committed the same crime for which he is charged is inherently probative”
- “[A]ppellant does not identify how an objection under Texas Rule of Evidence 403, such as was asserted by appellant, fails to remedy [the] danger [of admitting propensity evidence.]”
- “Evidence that appellant had previously sexually assaulted his adopted daughter is probative that his actions toward the 11 complainants were committed with intent to arouse or gratify his sexual desire.”
- discussing probative value of propensity evidence
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Judges: Frawley, Gaertner, III
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