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Tennessee Supreme Court· 5/13/1996

State v. McCary

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  • 922 S.W.2d 511
  • 1996 Tenn. LEXIS 311

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  • holding that testimony by an individual about the defendant’s unindicted criminal behavior with him was inadmissible to prove the defendant’s intent to commit the offenses against the victims in that case pursuant to Rule 404(b
  • holding that McCary’s personal diary entries expressing romantic feelings for several young men “constituted highly prejudicial ‘propensity’ evidence” and should not have been admitted when they did not reference any of the victims or witnesses at trial
  • holding that McCary’s personal diary entries expressing romantic feelings for several young men “constituted highly prejudicial ‘propensity’ evidence” and should not have been admitted when they did not reference any of the victims or witnesses at trial
  • stating that common scheme or plan evidence “is often misunderstood” and is most often used “when the identity of the defendant is in issue” (emphasis omitted)
  • prior bad acts of defendant not admissible to rebut claim of accident where defendant has not asserted such as a defense
  • evidence of a criminal defendant's character may become admissible when it logically tends to prove material issues which have been divided into three categories: (1) the use of \motive and common scheme or plan\ to establish identity, (2

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Judges: Birch, Reid, White, Drowota

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