ALBANY – A defendant who invoked extreme emotional disturbance as a defense against murder and assault charges accepted the risk of having past, uncharged crimes used against him with limitations set by the trial court, the state Court of Appeals decided Wednesday.
Provided the evidence was admitted for a limited purpose, such as to aid in the evaluation of psychiatric testimony, and not to establish a defendant’s general criminal propensity, the court said, evidence of prior, uncharged violent behavior by Daniel Israel was not prejudicial against him.
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