Supreme Court of Minnesota· 4/22/1999

State v. Williams

Citations

593 N.W.2d 227
1999 Minn. LEXIS 218
1999 WL 242630

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holding that a failure to give limiting instructions on character evidence absent a request is not reversible error
where police, including some of same investigators working on case, knew of victim’s past acts of violence, prosecutors had duty to disclose
“[W]e have on numerous occasions recognized the inherent value of evidence of past acts of violence committed by the same defendant against the same victim.”
“[Although the failure to give limiting instructions [in connection with the admission of relationship evidence] in certain circumstances may constitute plain error, we hold that it does not do so in this case.”
“While a trial court should generally still provide [a limiting instruction] sua sponte to ensure that the [other-crimes] evidence is not used for an improper purpose, the failure to provide limiting instructions absent a request is not reversible error.”
“While a trial court should generally still provide [limiting] instructions sua sponte to ensure that the 404(b) evidence is not used for an improper purpose, the failure to provide limiting instructions absent a request is not reversible error.”

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Judges: Gilbert

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