“under certain conditions prior bad acts may be admitted as proof of an element of a crime, such as intent, if the act demonstrates how the defendant’s behavior was purposeful rather than accidental”
How later courts described this case
- “under certain conditions prior bad acts may be admitted as proof of an element of a crime, such as intent, if the act demonstrates how the defendant’s behavior was purposeful rather than accidental”
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit denied.