New Mexico Court of Appeals· 7/14/1995

State v. Jones

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899 P.2d 1139
120 N.M. 185

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holding that when the trial court abuses its discretion in refusing to grant a motion for severance and thereby erroneously admits other-crimes evidence violating Rule 11-404(B), prejudice is established when there are convictions
stating that the Court of Appeals has “approved the admission of-other-bad-acts evidence to show the context of other admissible evidence”
stating that the Court of Appeals has \approved the admission of other-bad-acts evidence to show the context of other admissible evidence\
noting that the case law in New Mexico has developed such that “it is now clear that a more detailed analysis needs to be done than simply comparing superficial similarity”
noting that a defendant’s convictions alone suffices to demonstrate prejudice
reasoning that a 9 defendant may present a defense that his version of the lawfulness of events should 10 be believed over the victim’s version without opening the door to other bad acts 11 evidence under Rule 11-404(B)

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Judges: Pickard, Alarid, Wechsler

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