18 Va. App. 465 - Dotson v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
August 2005
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Kirkpatrick v. Commonwealth · Turner v. Commonwealth · Harward v. Commonwealth · Klarfeld v. Salsbury · 17 Va. App. 33 - Pittman v. Commonwealth
Most-quoted passages
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“We recognize the general rale that evidence of other crimes is inadmissible if relevant only to show a probability of guilt or a propensity of criminal conduct. . . However, this rale is subject to the exception that evidence of other crimes is properly received if it is relevant and probative of an issue on trial, such as an element of the offense charged or the required predicate for enhanced punishment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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