2007 Pa. Super. 35 - Commonwealth v. Grillo’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. ““There does not seem to be any relationship between the RSP and the attempted burglary, except that it may be used to show that if Grillo had proceeds from two burglaries, he is a bad person and more likely to try to commit another burglary. This is precisely why evidence of another crime is considered too prejudicial to be admissible. Evidence of other crimes is generally prohibited by Pa.R.E. 404(b), which provides that such evidence can only be admitted when the probative value outweighs the potential for prejudice. It can be admitted under Pa.R.E. 404(b)(2), but only if it is used to prove motive, opportunity, intent, preparation, plan, knowledge, identity or absences of mistake or accident. None of those circumstances is present in the instant case. “There are no real common issues of fact between the RSP and the attempted burglary. The victims are different and the evidence is different. The burglary would be tried without any reference to the stolen items found in the SUV. The RSP, if tried separately, would be tried without any reference as to why the police were looking in the SUV. Therefore, there is no need to bring the facts of one crime into the trial of the other. The issues of fact are not common.” Id. at 345 . See also, Commonwealth v. Stewart, 325 Pa. Super. 465, 469-70 , 473 A.2d 161, 164 (1984); Commonwealth v. Brown, 351 Pa. Super. 119, 127 , 505 A.2d 295, 299-300 (1986).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Hawkins