State v. DeVincentis’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “or signature allows the use of prior misconduct to prove identity. See State v. Thang, 145 Wash.2d 630, 643 , 41 P.3d 1159 (2002). In a sex case, evidence of a common scheme or plan is typically used, not to prove identity, but rather to prove that the conduct actually occurred, when the defendant contends that the victim's testimony amounts to a fabrication or a misunderstanding. It is not essential after Lough that the common features used to prove such a plan must be so distinctive as to amount to a signature. Not only is Dewey's”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. DeVincentis

2. “Mr. DeVincentis in both instances wore only bikini underwear or a G-string around the house in front of young girls. It was a form of grooming and it gave the impression that this was normal behavior in his home. He asked for massages from both; he asked both girls to hold or massage his penis and he ejaculated; he asked both whether his dress or lack of dress bothered them or if they minded how he was dressed. He told each not to tell, and he told each girl on at least one occasion to take off her clothes.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. DeVincentis

3. “(a) A felony that is a violation of chapter 9A.44 RCW, other than * *RCW 9A.44.130(10), or RCW 9A.64.020 or 9.68A.090 or a felony that is, under chapter 9A.28 RCW, a criminal attempt, criminal solicitation, or criminal conspiracy to commit such crimes; ... (d) Any federal or out-of-state conviction for an offense that under the laws of this state would be a felony classified as a sex offense under (a) of this subsection.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. DeVincentis