State v. Brantley

Summary

The court held that evidence concerning Brantley’s alleged sexual assault of Crawford and her report of it was admissible in the murder trial as intrinsic evidence. The evidence was relevant to motive, necessary to complete the account of the events leading to Crawford’s death, and inextricably intertwined with the charged offenses; its probative value was not substantially outweighed by unfair prejudice. The court therefore reversed the trial court’s exclusion order and left any objections to particular items of evidence for remand.