Supreme Court of Missouri· 7/3/2012

State v. Miller

Citations

372 S.W.3d 455
2012 WL 2914126
2012 Mo. LEXIS 121

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recognizing that evidence of other crimes may be admitted to show, among other things, motive, and intent to commit a charged offense
holding that evidence of other acts of a defendant may be admissible to “explain a witness’s delay in reporting a matter”
supporting admissibility to show motive or to present complete and coherent picture of events
noting as a matter of due process that “[t]he State is required to prove the elements of the offense it charged, not the one it might have charged” (internal citations omitted)
trial error “creates a rebuttable presumption of prejudice [and the] state may rebut this presumption by proving that the error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt”
sexual intercourse “necessarily involve[s] ... ‘touching another person with [the defendant’s] genitals,’ ” and thus falls within the definition of “sexual contact”

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Judges: Fischer

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