Travis W. Williams v. Missouri
DueProcess CriminalProcedure JusticiabilityDoctri
Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause prohibits evidence that the defendant has an unrelated remote prior child sex offense conviction to establish the defendant committed the presently charged child sex offense with a different child based on his propensity to commit child sex offenses
QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause prohibits evidence that the defendant has an unrelated remote prior child sex offense conviction to establish the defendant committed the presently charged child sex offense with a different child based on his propensity to commit child sex offenses because such evidence destroys the presumption of innocence and relieves the state of its burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt. | i