doctrine-of-chances

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-239 Stuart Barnes v. Shawn A. Allen West Virginia 2023-09-13 Denied Relisted (2) appointed-guardian doctrine-of-chances estate-mismanagement financial-exploitation guardian-ad-litem guardianship protected-person trustee-conservator wrongful-death-settlement The question is whether the doctrine of chances theory or character evidence is supported. The finan cial exploitation petition presented evidence t…
18-7424 William Felix Vail v. Louisiana Louisiana 2019-01-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof circumstantial-evidence civil-code criminal-evidence doctrine-of-chances due-process forensic-evidence physical-proof presumption-of-innocence presumptive-evidence reasonable-doubt Did the Stale offer sufficient evidence to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt? Should the State have been allowed to offer evidence via the Doctri…