Opinion ID: 1272629
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Immediate-Episode Evidence Standard

Text: On appeal, Riddley also contends that if the evidence of R.S.'s robbery and shoe acquisition is immediate-episode evidence, the district court erred by admitting the evidence without ensuring that the State had met the admissibility requirements for the other crimes evidence as set forth in Minn. R. Evid. 404(b). At the crux of Riddley's argument is the legal issue of whether immediate-episode evidence should be treated as Rule 404(b) bad acts evidence or whether, alternatively, the evidence should be admitted under a more general 403 analysis. Having concluded that the evidence of the R.S. robbery and shoes acquisition was not immediate-episode evidence, we need not reach the issue of what standard should be applied to the immediate-episode evidence.