Court Opinion

ID: 9845641
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 03:25:37.580657+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:16:16.964737
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JOHNSON, Justice,
dissenting.
I respectfully dissent from the opinion of the Court. The record convinces me that the remoteness issue was raised by Martin at trial. In arguing Martin’s motion in limine, Martin’s attorney said:
And the only point I want to make is that the passage of time, I think, should have some bearing upon the identity of the perpetrator____ They’re saying it shows the similarities, shows that he did it. And I think it’s just as likely, even though there are similarities, the passage of time may show he’s turned over a new leaf and is not involved in such things.
Transcript at 10.
I am unable to agree that Martin’s incarceration for much of the time between the earlier offenses and the events in this case should make the evidence more admissible than if Martin had been in Australia, the North Pole or downtown Boise during that time. In my view, the circumstances of the prior offenses were too remote to be admitted.