Harris v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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10 state decisions

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1. “Exclusion of proof of other acts that are too remote in time caters principally to the dual concerns for relevance and reliability. The evaluation of the proffered evidence in light of these concerns must be made on a case-by-case basis to determine whether the significance of the prior acts has become too attenuated and whether the memories of the witnesses has likely become too frail. Neither [Federal Rule of Evidence] 403 nor any analogous Rule provides any bright-line rule as to how old is too old. 20”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. The STATE v. McPHERSON

2. “[w]here the court gives a curative instruction and the defendant neither objects to the curative instruction nor renews his motion for mistrial, the issue is not preserved for appellate review.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 351 Ga. App. 96 - Rice v. State

3. “did not directly address the victim's credibility or express an opinion as to whether the child had actually been sexually abused”

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