State of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent v. Richard Willis (a/K/A Richard Dwayne Willis, Richard Dwayne Wilus)…

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey reversed the Appellate Division, holding that the trial court erred in admitting testimony about a 2003 attempted sexual assault to prove the defendant's intent in a 2006 sexual assault. The Court found the evidence insufficiently relevant and substantially outweighed by prejudice, and that the limiting instruction did not cure the propensity danger.