93 N.C. App. 83 - State v. Roberson’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
1
states following
August 2004
most recently cited
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Boyd · State v. Shane · State v. Jones · State v. Gordon
Most-quoted passages
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“Our Supreme Court has held “that evidence of prior sex acts may have some relevance to the question of defendant’s guilt of the crime charged if it tends to show a relevant state of mind such as intent, motive, plan, or opportunity.” However, “the ultimate test for determining whether such evidence is admissible is whether the incidents are sufficiently similar and not so remote in time as to be more probative than prejudicial under the balancing test of . . . Rule 403.” The period of time between the prior sexual acts and the acts charged is an important part of the balancing process. “[T]he passage of time between the commission of the . . . acts slowly erodes the commonality between them.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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