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- Title
STATE V. WILLIAMS: THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE INCORRECTLY ALLOWED RAP LYRICS AS EVIDENCE TO PROVE THE CHARACTER OF THE ACCUSED.
- Authors
Kasamoto, Bryce
- Abstract
The article analyzes how the Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee incorrectly allowed rap lyrics evidence to prove the character of the accused in the case State v. Williams. Topics discussed include the Strong Nexus test of the direct connection between lyrics and the crime in question, stigmas and prejudicial effects of rap music when allowed into evidence, and potential of the Williams test under the Federal Rules of Evidence to create prejudicial bias in juries.
- Subjects
RAP music; LEGAL evidence; BIAS (Law); SOCIAL stigma; PREJUDICES; JURY; FEDERAL Rules of Evidence (U.S.); CRIMINAL courts
- Publication
Creighton Law Review, 2024, Vol 57, Issue 2, p467
- ISSN
0011-1155
- Publication type
Article