McCraw v. Maris

Uniformity in the application of our rules of evidence is important to our jurisprudence to the end that each case should be adjudicated according to the same rules of admissibility. This is but one meaningful way of guaranteeing that justice is administered equally under the law. Because the majority opinion seeks a result rather than fidelity to a uniform, result-neutral application of the rules of evidence by which cases must be tried, I dissent. Furthermore, I join JUSTICE GONZALEZ in objecting to the peculiar fashion in which the court chooses to decide only one of the issues raised in…