ruled 4-3 that the judge had made “egregious errors” with how the trial was conducted, specifically testimony that was allowed in the trial. The majority ruled the solution wad for a new trial to be held on the charges levied against Weinstein.
“We conclude that the trial court erroneously admitted testimony of uncharged, alleged prior sexual acts against persons other than the complainants of the underlying crimes because that testimony served no material non-propensity purpose,” the majority opinion, which discusses what evidence may be allowed before a jury before a defendant makes a decision on whether to testify.
The panel pointed to the allowance of prosecutors to ask Weinstein about allegations about verbal abuse of employees among other actions, unrelated to the alleged crimes. During the case, the judge also allowed women not part of the case to testify about their allegations against Weinstein.
“Thus, it is an abuse of judicial discretion to permit untested allegations of nothing more than bad behavior that destroys a defendant’s character but sheds no light on their credibility as related to the criminal charges lodged against them,” it continued.Weinstein was sentenced to a 23-year prison sentence for his New York conviction.
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