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Criminal Law: Bad Checks-Officers’ Testimony-Prior Misconduct
Where a defendant, who was found guilty of felony forgery and felony stealing after passing a fraudulent check, challenged the admission of officers’ testimony about the defendant passing bad checks at other banks earlier the same day, the evidence of uncharged crimes showed the defendant’s common scheme or plan, so the judgment is affirmed. Judgment […]
Criminal Law: Officers’ Testimony-Exclusion-Batson Challenge
Where a defendant challenged the exclusion of evidence regarding the taser certification of two officers involved in the arrest, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in excluding impeachment evidence that was not legally relevant, and the judgment is affirmed because the court did not clearly err in overruling the defendant’s Batson challenge […]
Criminal Law : Prior Uncharged Conduct – Officer’s Testimony – Sexual Misconduct
State v. Raulerson (MLW No. 70720/Case No. WD78556 – 19 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Hardwick, J.)
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