Document Type
Davis v. State of Ohio, Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Case No. CV96-312322
Date
March 10, 2000
Box Number
43
Item Number
23
Keywords
Sam Sheppard, Ohio R. Evid. 404(b), extramarital affairs, character evidence, motive, defendant's filings
Abstract
Motion filed by the State to request that Dr. Samuel Sheppard’s “other acts” be admitted into evidence pursuant to Ohio rules of evidence 404(B). The State contends that this other acts evidence, disallowed by the court’s evidentiary ruling on March 5, 2000, should be admitted as rebuttal testimony to the Sheppard Estate's multiple witnesses who offered testimony stating that Dr. Sheppard was a “happily married, respectable, decent, family man.” The State also argued that evidence of extramarital affairs should be admitted to prove its theory that Marilyn Sheppard’s murder was a domestic homicide resulting from “years of betrayal, adultery, humiliation and neglect.” The State contends that the Ohio rule of evidence 404(B) permits “evidence of other wrongs and acts. . . to prove motive.”
Recommended Citation
Dever, A. Steven; Mason, William D.; and Cassidy, Marilyn B., "Defendant's Motion to Admit Other Acts Evidence and Character Evidence Relative to Samuel H. Sheppard, Pursuant to EVID. R. 404" (2000). 1995-2002 Court Filings. 157.
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/sheppard_court_filings_2000/157
Comments
See Memorandum in Opposition to Defendant's Motion to Admit Evidence of Extramarital Affairs
Court's ruling on the motion: Memorandum Opinion Regarding Admission of Testimony of Robert Bailey, Testimony of Susan Hayes Benitez and Testimony Regarding Extramarital Activities of Samuel Sheppard