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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

§ 190

Citation
§ 190
Parent Document
Sweet v. Roy, 801 A.2d 694 (2002)
Jurisdiction
Vermont (state)
Effective Date
2002-04-26

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a rape case, we held that evidence that the defendant committed a rape on another woman was not admissible based on the logic that the defendant’s conduct was motivated by sexual gratification in the other rape so he must have had the same motivation for the rape for which he was being tried. 162 Vt. at 394-95, 648 A.2d at 628. We held that this logic was “no more than *440 an impermissible propensity analysis,” id.