355 Pa. Super. 160 - Commonwealth v. Watson’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
26
cited by 26 later decisions
1
states following
May 1997
most recently cited
26 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · Ohio v. Roberts · Lockhart v. McCree · Commonwealth v. Peterson · Commonwealth v. Colson
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“be introduced to prove (1) motive; (2) intent; (3) absence of mistake or accident; (4) a common scheme, plan or design embracing commission of two or more crimes so related to each other that proof of one intends to prove the other; (5) to establish the identity of the person charged with the commission of the crime on trial, in other words, where there is such a logical connection between the crimes that proof of one will naturally tend to show that the accused is the person who committed the other. (Citation omitted). This list of “special circumstances” is not exclusive, and this Court has demonstrated it will recognize additional exceptions to the general rule where the probative value of the evidence outweighs the tendency to prejudice the jury. (Citation and parenthetical omitted). Such evidentiary issues are addressed to the sound discretion of the trial court and will not be reversed on appeal absent an abuse of discretion. (Citation omitted).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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