In Dickey v. State, the Supreme Court of Nevada ruled that the State properly used prior bad act evidence to prove intent, but erred in introducing the same evidence to…
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In State v. Richard, the Supreme Court of South Dakota ruled that the State’s use of the defendant’s gang affiliation to prove motive was proper. Moreover, the State’s failure to…
In United States v. Lundy, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled that Federal Rule of Evidence 803(2), which provides an exception for an “excited utterance” to the rule against hearsay, applies even if there is testimony contradicting the existence of an excited utterance.