State v. Crider

¶43 In my opinion, Crider presents credible arguments that the evidence of his prior domestic abuse should not have been admitted under theories of “motive” or “absence of mistake or accident” to substantively prove his guilt of the charged offenses. Moreover, it is my view that, had the District Court been presented with the analysis which Crider now presents on appeal, the District Court’s ruling on the uncharged misconduct evidence likely would have been different. However, the first time that any court has been asked to consider Crider’s arguments as to why the particular Rule 404(b)…