Sentence examples for prior bad from inspiring English sources

9 2 2 PRIOR BAD ACTS, by Tami Hoag.

This sort of testimony is known in the courts as "prior bad acts" evidence.

Prior bad conduct simply is often not viewed as a problem.

The judge allowed the evidence under two interrelated possible exceptions to the rule excluding prior bad acts.

"By putting some of the prior bad feelings behind them, Aetna will be that much more successful in having the broad network that consumers are looking for".

That argument would then open the door for a rebuttal by the government, thus bringing in the evidence of prior bad acts later in the case.

(Johnson was the only prior bad-act witness allowed by the judge).

Importantly, though, there is an exception to the general rule barring prior bad-acts evidence.

The prosecution had proffered thirteen of the accusers as "prior bad-act witnesses," hoping to establish Cosby's modus operandi.

The Pennsylvania case against Cosby shows how damaging prior-bad-acts evidence can be.

More broadly speaking, exceptions to the prior-bad-acts rule have particular significance in the #MeToo era.