People v. Higgins’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 8 state decisions

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1. ““It was contended that, as the arrest had no connection with this offense, and the defendant did not know what he was arrested for, his conduct on that occasion was not admissible, and that it was not permissible to .show that he had committed other offenses, and that the story was not so connected with the Ladd matter — especially as respondent testified that it was written before that occurrence — as to be admissible. We think that the learned circuit judge was commendably careful in receiving this testimony. The conduct of the defendant may or may not have been due to his fears of arrest for the Ladd matter, and the story may or may not show his knowledge of that affair. These are questions to be determined by the jury; but the circumstances were such as to make such inferences legitimate. Again, the fact that he owned and carried a 32-caliber revolver was pertinent. The testimony was none the less admissible because it necessarily involved a charge and arrest for other crimes. We think the court did not err in admitting the testimony of 0 ’Brien, or in receiving the manuscript. ’ ’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Minchella