#355 - Prove Yourself With Blood - Fletcher, Vermont
Small Town Murder
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The State's Motion to Exclude Evidence of a Palance Prior Conviction for Manslaughter
Evidence of a prior conviction for manslaughter should have been ruled inadmissible. Evidence would be effective only as it appealed to the tendency to believe that a man who acted on jealousy at one time may very well have been guilty of the same offense at another. Such evidence falls under none of the exceptions to the general rule that evidence of a defendant's prior crimes may not be used against him. The failure to rule resulted in prejudice to the appellant.
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