State v. Pratt
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of murder and sentenced to forty-two years’ imprisonment. The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed, holding (1) the trial court did not err in admitting into evidence an audio recording of Defendant’s interview with a police detective, as its admission did not violate Me. R. Evid. 802 and 403, did not allow improper prosecutorial vouching, and did not result in prejudice; and (2) the trial court did not err in admitting evidence that Defendant had assaulted the victim hours before she was killed, as the evidence’s admission did not violate Rule 403, and the court’s limiting instruction was sufficient to satisfy Mont. R. Evid. 404(b).
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