· 4/10/1989
State v. Hallman
Citations
- 379 S.E.2d 115
- 298 S.C. 172
- 1989 S.C. LEXIS 71
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- holding the trial court properly admitted evidence of a bad act that occurred seven years prior to the charged crime
- finding victims aged four to seven when the abuse began—and four to thirteen when the abuse ended—were similar enough in age to admit prior bad acts testimony
- holding the defendant's sexual abuse of four unrelated foster daughters demonstrated a common scheme or plan when the abuse of each girl occurred generally on the defendant's property, despite the fact that some of the victims were only abused indoors (in the bedroom and bathroom
- finding admissible a pattern of abuse involving the defendant's sexual abuse of his foster daughters, even though some of the daughters were abused to a greater extent than others and they were all different ages, ranging from four to thirteen
- evidence of prior bad acts bears such close similarity to the offense charged in this case that its probative value clearly outweighs its prejudicial effect
- evidence of prior bad acts bears such close similarity to the offense charged in this case that its probative value clearly outweighs its prejudicial effect
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Judges: Gregory, Harwell, Chandler, Finney, Toal
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