GARLAND v. STATE

No. 75S00-0011-CR-713.

788 N.E.2d 425 (2003)

Sharon GARLAND, Appellant (Defendant below), v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee (Plaintiff below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

May 14, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric K. Koselke, Indianapolis, IN, Attorney for Appellant.

Steve Carter, Attorney General of Indiana, Martha Warren-Rosenfeld, Christopher Lafuse, Deputy Attorneys General, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Appellee.


SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

Indiana Evidence Rule 404(b) is customarily used by criminal defendants to seek exclusion of evidence about their own prior bad acts. Appellant Sharon Garland presents a question of first impression: does Rule 404(b) apply to evidence about persons other than the defendant? We conclude that it does.

Facts and Procedural History

On the evening of January 24, 1996, David Garland...

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