State v. Franklin

¶1 The trial court excluded defendant Andre Franklin’s proffered evidence that someone else committed the cyberstalking-related crimes with which he was charged. Specifically, it excluded evidence that Franklin’s live-in girlfriend Rasheena Hibbler had sent threatening e-mails to his other girlfriend Nanette Fuerte despite the fact that Hibbler had the motive (jealousy), the means (access to the computer and e-mail accounts at issue), and the prior history (of sending earlier threatening e-mails to Fuerte regarding her relationship with Franklin) to support Franklin’s theory of the case.

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