Wojcik v. Lovett

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• holding that in a Rule 404(b) analysis, Rule 403 “oblige[s] the trial court to assess the probative value of every prior conviction offered in evidence and the remoteness of a conviction, whatever its age, is always pertinent to this assessment”
• noting that cautionary instruction only as to the defendant against whom the “other crimes” evidence was admitted was possibly insufficient to cure prejudice to co-defendants
• holding that in a Rule 404(b) analysis, Rule 403 “oblige[s] the trial court to assess the probative value of every prior conviction offered in evidence and the remoteness of a conviction, whatever its age, is always pertinent to this assessment”
• noting “[t]he prejudicial effect [of evidence] may be created by the tendency of the evidence to prove some adverse fact not properly in issue or unfairly to excite emotions against the defendant.”
• determination of admissibility of prior act evidence should often be made at the conclusion of the defendant's case
• determination of admissibility of prior act evidence should often be made at the conclusion of the defendant’s case

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).