State v. Rhodes

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that evidence that a defendant had a reputation for sexual normalcy and appropriate behavior around children should have been admitted
• holding that defendant’s “sexual normalcy, or appropriateness in interacting with children, is a character trait, and one that pertains to charges of sexual conduct with a child”
• holding that opinion and reputation evidence regarding sexual normalcy was admissible as evidence of a pertinent trait of character of defendant charged with sexual offenses against children
• explaining Rule 404(c) does not supersede the remainder of Rule 404 in sexual-misconduct cases but merely supplements it
• lay witness testimony as to defendant’s “sexual normalcy, or appropriateness in interacting with children, is a character trait, and one that pertains to charges of sexual conduct with a child”
• “[S]exual normalcy, or appropriateness 9 in interacting with children, is [an admissible] character trait”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

4 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Randall S. Rothwell
  Idaho Court of Appeals· 2013-01-04· cited 17×
• State of Arizona v. Jose Luis Jimenez
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2023-07-13· cited 9×
• Vigna v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2020-08-18· cited 6×
• Vigna v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2019-07-31· cited 3×

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• California v. Trombetta
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-11· cited 3,405×
• Michelson v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1949-02-14· cited 1,808×
• Wheeler v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2002-01-30· cited 576×
• People v. McAlpin
  California Supreme Court· 1991-07-18· cited 423×
• State v. Moran
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1986-11-19· cited 189×
• State v. Lindsey
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1986-06-26· cited 175×
• State v. Lopez
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1992-12-22· cited 70×
• State v. Hardwick
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1995-11-07· cited 44×
• State v. Tucker
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1990-03-28· cited 32×
• State v. Melcher
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1971-07-20· cited 28×
• State v. Enakiev
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2001-08-08· cited 18×
• State ex rel. McDougall v. Superior Court
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1993-04-13· cited 8×