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Hat tip to Sarah Johnson, who forward info about State v. Cox, No. 07?2083 (Iowa April 30, 2010), where the Iowa Supreme Court holds that a state statute that allows introduction of propensity evidence in sex offense prosections violates the state constitution's due process clause.

There is a lot of great langauge in this decision regarding the pernicious effect of prior bad acts evidence that might be useful in a Kansas case dealing with typical prior-bad acts evidence.

Here is coverage on Simple Justice, which in turn links to coverage of the case on The Volokh Conspiracy.

Full post as published by Kansas Defenders on May 06, 2010 (boomark / email).

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