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United States v. Levitt

Citations

  • 35 M.J. 114
  • 1992 CMA LEXIS 165
  • 1992 WL 219058

How courts have described this case

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

  • explaining the military judge has a duty to provide limit- ing instructions for uncharged misconduct admitted pursuant to Mil. R. Evid. 404(b) when requested by party
  • stating, in a case where the evidence could not be used to show propensity, that “the instruction must expressly bar use of the evidence for improper purposes, including proof of bad character or propensity for crime”
  • “[T]he military judge has a duty to protect the court-martial members from the undue prejudice posed by uncharged-misconduct evidence”
  • “Merely reciting the purposes allowed by Mil.R.Evid. 404(b) without identifying the precise purpose for which the evidence may be used in a particular case will not suffice.”
  • “Merely reciting the purposes allowed by Mil.R.Evid. 404(b) without identifying the precise purpose for which the evidence may be used in a particular case will not suffice.”
  • subsequent conduct admitted on the question of intent

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Judges: Sullivan

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