context: Because the carpenter was white, the entries were relevant to establish Griffin's culpable mental state and to rebut her assertion that she had acted accidentally or in reasonable self-defense. This theory of relevance does not depend on the inference that Griffin acted in conformity with her bad character generally.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 58 P.3d 998, 998-1000
citation_a.parenthetical: writings and drawings evidencing a hatred of women were proper evidence of motive
citation_a.sentence: See Masters, 58 P.3d at 998-1000 (writings and drawings evidencing a hatred of women were proper evidence of motive); People v. Cousins, 181 P.3d 365, 372-73 (Colo.App.2007) (other act evidence was admissible to show motive by demonstrating the defendant's antipathy toward women); People v. Nicolaus, 54 Cal.3d 551, 286 Cal.Rptr. 628, 817 P.2d 893, 906-07 (1991) (writings evidencing extreme dislike of religion were admissible to prove the defendant's mental state in murdering his religious ex-wife); State v. Crumb, 277 N.J.Super. 311, 649 A.2d 879, 882 (1994) (written evidence of racial animus was "powerful evidence of a motive which helps to explain an otherwise inexplicable act of random violence" and "tends to cast doubt on the credibility of defendant's self-serving statement that [the victim] initiated the confrontation"); see also State v. Waterhouse, 513 A.2d 862, 864-65 (Me.1986) (recording of the defendant's belief in Satanism was relevant to show motive, which was probative of identity and intent in a prosecution for murder).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.identifier: 513 A.2d 862, 864-65
citation_b.parenthetical: recording of the defendant's belief in Satanism was relevant to show motive, which was probative of identity and intent in a prosecution for murder
citation_b.sentence: See Masters, 58 P.3d at 998-1000 (writings and drawings evidencing a hatred of women were proper evidence of motive); People v. Cousins, 181 P.3d 365, 372-73 (Colo.App.2007) (other act evidence was admissible to show motive by demonstrating the defendant's antipathy toward women); People v. Nicolaus, 54 Cal.3d 551, 286 Cal.Rptr. 628, 817 P.2d 893, 906-07 (1991) (writings evidencing extreme dislike of religion were admissible to prove the defendant's mental state in murdering his religious ex-wife); State v. Crumb, 277 N.J.Super. 311, 649 A.2d 879, 882 (1994) (written evidence of racial animus was "powerful evidence of a motive which helps to explain an otherwise inexplicable act of random violence" and "tends to cast doubt on the credibility of defendant's self-serving statement that [the victim] initiated the confrontation"); see also State v. Waterhouse, 513 A.2d 862, 864-65 (Me.1986) (recording of the defendant's belief in Satanism was relevant to show motive, which was probative of identity and intent in a prosecution for murder).