Opinion ID: 2570523
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Heading: The witness's alleged interest in vampirism, biting, and devil worship

Text: On October 24, 1996, Collman moved the district court to admit evidence that Stach allegedly had an interest in vampirism, biting, and devil worship in order to prove that she, and not Collman, had abused Damian resulting in his death. After an evidentiary hearing, the district court denied Collman's motion. Using a less stringent standard than when the State requests admission of prior acts by the defendant, [3] the district court concluded that the probative value of the evidence was substantially outweighed by the danger of confusing the issues and misleading the jury. See NRS 48.035(1). After a review of the evidence that Collman requested be admitted, we conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion by excluding it.