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State v. Mitchell

Citations

  • 633 N.W.2d 295
  • 2001 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 151
  • 2001 WL 1035917

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that bad-acts evidence is not admissible to bolster credibility
  • noting the determination that the probative value of evidence is substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice “overcomes the evidence’s prima facie admissibility, and the evidence must be excluded”
  • “If the State is allowed to prevail on its theory that there is an independent relevancy to bad-acts evidence for credibility purposes, this doctrine could be invoked in nearly every criminal case.”

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Judges: Carter, Neuman, Snell, Streit, Ternus

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