United States v. Kermit Oris Bear Stops

How courts have described this case

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• noting that where evidence of prior sex abuse was uncontroverted, the -8- potential for jury confusion was minimal
• reversing conviction where exclusion of testimony was disproportionate to the interests that exclusion sought to serve
• reversing conviction where exclusion of testimony was disproportionate to the interests that exclusion sought to serve
• reversing conviction where district court limited admission of evidence relating to previous sexual assault on victim to establish alternative explanation for why victim exhibited behavior of sexually abused child
• discussing the options, but making clear that it could not be “so sanitized that it [would be] insufficient to support the purpose for which it was offered”
• reversing conviction where district court limited admission of evidence relating to previous sexual assault on victim to establish alternative explanation for why victim exhibited behavior of sexually abused child

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).