CORE CRIMINAL LAW SUBJECTS: Evidence:
Intent
2011 (September Term)
United States v. Vela, 71 M.J. 283 (intent, like other mental states, can be shown by circumstantial evidence).
2000
United
States v. Tanksley, 54 MJ 169 (a pattern of
lustful
intent, established in one set of specifications, can be used by
factfinders as
proof of lustful intent in a different set of specifications).
(extrinsic evidence of one crime used to support intent to commit a
different crime will possess great probative value if the defendant’s
intent is
in issue and may be critical to the establishment of the truth as to a
disputed
issue, especially when that issue involves the actor’s state of mind
and the
only means of ascertaining that mental state is by drawing inferences
from
conduct).