Where a defendant in a statutory sodomy and child-molestation case challenged the introduction of evidence of his alleged sexual misconduct toward an earlier child victim, the propensity evidence had significant probative value, and the defendant did not show that the ...

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Where a defendant challenged his convictions for statutory sodomy and victim tampering, the trial court did not plainly err in instructing the jury on the first-degree statutory sodomy counts, and there was no violation of the defendant’s right to an ...

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Where a defendant in a child-molestation case challenged the admission of the testimony of a witness regarding prior incidents of uncharged child molestation that allegedly occurred decades earlier, the testimony corroborated the victim’s testimony and was admissible propensity evidence, and ...

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Where a defendant challenged his convictions for robbery and armed criminal action, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying his motion to exclude gun and ballistics conclusions because the state exercised diligence and good faith in making ...

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Where a defendant challenged his conviction for first-degree tampering and an order of restitution, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting evidence of other thefts and drug use because the evidence was relevant to establish the defendant’s ...

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Where a defendant in a domestic-assault case argued that the trial court erred in failing to intervene when a witness offered allegedly improper character and propensity testimony when the witness said he assumed the defendant “had a court date somewhere,” ...

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  Where a defendant challenged his conviction for sodomy of a child, the claims in the motion did not preserve the defendant’s claim that propensity evidence was unfairly prejudicial, and the judgment is affirmed because the defendant did not show ...

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State v. Peirano (MLW No. 71467/Case No. SD34785 – 10 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Bates, J.)

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State v. Jones (MLW No. 70984/Case No. ED104796 – 15 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Odenwald, J.)

Tagged with: Balancing Test Criminal Law Prior Convictions Propensity Evidence

State v. Thigpen (MLW No. 70865/Case No. ED103992 – 27 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Clayton III, J.)

Tagged with: Child Sex Assault Criminal Law Propensity Evidence sex offender registry

State v. Prince (MLW No. 70671/Case No. ED102938 – 26 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Quigless, J.)

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