548 So. 2d 638 - Schut v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “'The general rule is that evidence of other crimes not charged in the indictment is inadmissible if its only purpose is to show the bad character, inclination or propensity of the accused to commit the type of crime for which he is being prosecuted. On the other hand, if the defendant's collateral misconduct is relevant and tends to show his commission of the current offense other than by suggesting that he is more likely to be guilty because of his past misdeeds, then the evidence is admissible. C. Gamble, McElroy's Alabama Evidence § 69.01 (3d ed. 1977)'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 698 So. 2d 228 - Akin v. State

2. “Evidence of similar facts or other offenses to show system, scheme, plan or habit must be relevant to be *Page 235 admissible.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 698 So. 2d 228 - Akin v. State