United States v. Harold Dean Johnson, A/K/A Harold Dean Blaine

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• holding that a prior incident where the defendant threatened his aunt with a knife was inadmissible to show his state of mind at the time of the offense because it was remote in time and unconnected to the events surrounding the charged murder
• where defendant did not claim he committed the act charged accidentally, prior bad acts evidence was not admissible to prove absence of accident
• applying the harmless error standard

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