Green v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. ““ ‘Where evidence is offered tending to prove that the defendant has committed an offense other than that for which he is on trial, good practice requires that the prosecuting attorney should state the purpose for which the evidence is offered, and, if it is admissible for that purpose, the trial court should instruct the jury as to the purpose for which they may consider it.’ ” “And the Court added: ‘And we are of the opinion that such instruction should be given at the time the evidence is offered as well as that it should be covered in the general instructions at the conclusion of the trial.’ ””

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