Opinion
CORRIGAN, J.
The Court of Appeals erroneously concluded that evidence of an unusual number of prior fires—each associated with property owned or controlled by defendant—was inadmissible in this arson case in which defendant was accused of intentionally starting a fire in his home. Because the evidence was not offered to prove defendant's bad character or his propensity to act in conformity with a bad character, the trial court correctly...
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