Barrett J. Anderson

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Recognizing Character: A New Perspective on Character Evidence

121 Yale L.J. 1912 (2012). Courts have historically regulated the use of character in trials because of its potential to prejudice juries. In order to regulate this type of proof, courts must be able to recognize what is and is not character evidence, but past attempts to define character in the law of evidence have been unsatisfactory. This Note proposes...