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Uncharged misnconduct, character, evidence,

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How The Uncharged Misconduct Rule Was Born, Thomas J. Reed Jul 2003

How The Uncharged Misconduct Rule Was Born, Thomas J. Reed

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An examination of People v. Molineux a 1901 New York landmark case in evidence which gave rise to what is now Rule 404(b) of the Federal Rules of Evidence, the history and background of the common law uncharged misconduct rule, and a legal history of this fascinating criminal prosecution