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Absence of conviction for other crime does not bar use of the crime as evidence: Another crime may be...

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Another crime may be used "circumstantially" -- for a purpose other than witness impeachment -- and for an otherwise permissible non-propensity purpose even if there was no conviction for the other crime.

Contributed in 2009 & last edited in 2010 by Peter Tillers

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