# R.D.H. v. State

> Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · July 3, 1997 · 775 So. 2d 248

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/7737857

## Case

- **Full name:** R.D.H. v. State.
- **Court:** Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
- **Decided:** July 3, 1997
- **Citations:** 775 So. 2d 248; 1997 WL 366083
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** On rehearing by Long
- **Judges:** Long, McMillan, Cobb, Baschab, Brown
- **Cited by:** 22 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding, on trial for sex crimes, that evidence indicating that the accused was affiliated with the Ku Klux Klan was relevant to explain that the victim and his mother delayed reporting the crimes because of their fear of the accused but inadmissible because the victim and his…
- stating that “[o]ne of the specific criterion to be used, in deciding when prejudicial effect substantially outweighs probative value, is whether or not there exist less prejudicial means of proving the same thing”

## Opinion text

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On Application for Rehearing
LONG, Presiding Judge.
APPLICATION FOR REHEARING OVERRULED; RULE 39(k) MOTION DENIED.
McMILLAN, COBB, and BASCHAB, JJ., concur.
BROWN, J., dissents with opinion.

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