404(b) Evidence: How Much Is Too Much?
Published for NC Criminal Law on June 01, 2015.
The state supreme court recently reversed a death sentence and a first-degree murder conviction because the State presented “an excessive amount” of otherwise admissible Rule 404(b) evidence. How much is too much? Background. The case is State v. Hembree, from Gaston County. Seventeen-year-old Heather Catterton spent an evening with Danny Hembree doing drugs and having ... Read more
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