State v. Betts
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The Supreme Court modified and affirmed the decision of the court of appeals finding no plain error in the judgment of conviction of Defendant for three counts of indecent liberties with a child, holding that Defendant received a fair trial, free from prejudicial error.
A divided court of appeals affirmed Defendant's conviction, holding that there was no prejudicial error in the trial proceedings. The dissent, however, argued that several errors were committed during trial and that the cumulative effect of the errors required reversal of the convictions. The Supreme Court disagreed and affirmed the majority decision of the court of appeals, holding (1) even if certain testimony was admitted in error, the error was not prejudicial; (2) the trial court did not err by allowing the State's witnesses to use the term "disclose"; and (3) the trial court did not plainly err by allowing past domestic violence evidence.
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