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|facts=Huddleston was on trial for selling stolen goods. Prosecution wanted to offer evidence of him selling other stolen goods in the past. | |facts=Huddleston was on trial for selling stolen goods. Prosecution wanted to offer evidence of him selling other stolen goods in the past. | ||
|issues=Is evidence of Defendant's previous crimes relevant? | |issues=Is evidence of Defendant's previous crimes relevant? | ||
|holding=No, the evidence has low probative value and unfair prejudice so does not pass Rule 403. | |holding=No, the evidence has low probative value and chance of unfair prejudice so does not pass Rule 403. | ||
|rule=Analytical process: | |rule=Analytical process: | ||
*401/402? (are the past incidents of stealing relevant?): Yes | *401/402? (are the past incidents of stealing relevant?): Yes | ||
*404 | *404 | ||
**Potential 404 problem: P is trying to go right through the propensity box (i.e., he’s just the type of guy who steals stuff) | **Potential 404 problem: P is trying to go right through the propensity box (i.e., he’s just the type of guy who steals stuff) | ||
**D argues he didn’t know goods are stolen as crux of his defense. | **D argues he didn’t know goods are stolen as crux of his defense. b/c of this, P argues that the stolen TVs put Huddleston on notice so he should have known things he sold after were stolen (though timelines are weird and it’s not factually unclear if the TVs were actually stolen) | ||
***i.e., you can’t be put on notice before you learned TVs were stolen | ***i.e., you can’t be put on notice before you learned TVs were stolen | ||
*403: Even if the last act gets past 404, it has low PV and high UP and fails 403 | *403: Even if the last act gets past 404, it has low PV and high UP and fails 403 |