Grayson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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1. “Appellant argues that the testimony was ... evidence of an extraneous offense[.] It is true that proof of extraneous offenses or transactions committed by a defendant are generally irrelevant to the contested material issues in the case on trial and are generally considered unjustifiably prejudicial ... [T]he evidence complained of came in as a result of the witness’ unresponsive answer to counsel’s question. The general rule is that an instruction to disregard will cure any unresponsive answer. Furthermore, there was no further mention of the subject, and the State made no attempt to pursue it. We hold the error, if any, was cured by the trial court’s prompt instruction to the jury to disregard the evidence for all purposes.”

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