Books As Weapons: Reading Materials and Unfairly Prejudicial Character Evidence

Authors

Paul Varnado, Washington University School of Law

Publication Title

Washington University Journal of Law & Policy

Abstract

This Note argues that reading histories should be barred as a matter of law from the criminal trial context because admission of such evidence unfairly prejudices a defendant in the eyes of a rational fact-finder.

Recommended Citation

Paul Varnado, Books As Weapons: Reading Materials and Unfairly Prejudicial Character Evidence, 31 Wash. U. J. L. & Pol’y 257 (2009),
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/law_journal_law_policy/vol31/iss1/11