Court Opinion

ID: 9755380
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-28 20:36:18.887451+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:28:06.609215
License: Public Domain

KENNETH W. SHRUM, Special Judge,
concurring.
I concur in the principal opinion in all respects, including its analysis and holding. For the reasons stated there, I agree it was error to admit the gun brochure, but also agree that its admission did not deprive Defendant of a fair trial.
I write separately to express my disaffection for the phrase “unfair prejudice.” Previous usage of this phrase by this Court, its presence in Mo. Evidence Restated, and its inclusion in Fed. R. Evid. 403, do not alter my view that it is a confusing, meaningless phrase offering no help or guidance to trial judges, appellate courts, or anyone else in weighing the “cost” of evidence.