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Court reviews admission of other-acts evidence and sufficiency claims in Ryan Estes appeal
Summary
In the final argument session the Court of Appeals considered whether trial court error admitted other-acts evidence under Rule 404(c) and whether the conviction should be reversed for insufficient evidence or temporal/physical impossibility. Counsel disputed whether admitting a second alleged victim's accusations prejudiced the bench trial.
The Court of Appeals heard argument in an appeal by Ryan Estes challenging the trial court's admission of other-acts evidence under Rule 404(c) and contending the evidence was insufficient, including an argument framed as a physical-impossibility or temporal-impossibility claim.
Appellant counsel Jessica Holzer told the panel that Kaye's unprosecuted allegations had minimal probative value, that…
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