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Tompkins v. State

Citations

  • 669 N.E.2d 394
  • 1996 Ind. LEXIS 85
  • 1996 WL 403537

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  • recognizing that the trial court could have determined that a witness’s statement did not clearly inform the jury that the defendant had a criminal history
  • also emphasizing that “the admission of evidence having a tendency to create an inference of motive is within the discretion of the trial court”
  • 404(b) evidence of racial bias as motive not unfairly prejudicial

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Judges: Sullivan, Shepard, Debruler, Dickson, Selby

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