Tucker v. State
Supreme Court of Nevada
412 P.2d 970 (Nev. 1966)
Relevant factsFree
Tucker (defendant), charged with murder after reporting finding a body in his house upon waking, had the prosecution introduce evidence of a substantially identical unsolved incident at his house six years earlier for which he was never charged or convicted; the trial court admitted this evidence, and Tucker was convicted.
IssueFree
Whether evidence of a prior incident involving the defendant is admissible if the defendant was never convicted of any wrongdoing in the incident.