People v. Clarke
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
*778As the defendant correctly contends, the County Court erred in permitting the introduction of evidence of the uncharged allegation of sexual abuse. Although evidence of uncharged crimes may be admitted to prove, inter alia, intent or absence of mistake (see People v Dorm, 12 NY3d 16, 19 [2009]), such evidence must be excluded if it has no additional relevance to a specific issue, because there is a very real danger that the trier of fact will overestimate its significance (see People v Hudy, 73 NY2d 40, 55 [1988]). Here, there was no reasonable possibility that the jury would infer that the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- People v. BagarozyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
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