Lisa Langley talks with John Applequist, practicing attorney for nearly 26 years and a per course instructor in the criminology and criminal justice department of Missouri State University about Amendment Two.
John Applequist says Amendment Two is basically a rule of evidence. It determines how a court will admit certain types of evidence. Under the amendment, the prosecution would be entitled to introduce evidence of prior acts during its case in chief rather than waiting until they rest their case, which has traditionally been done.
He says it's a little broader than a similar rule of evidence, Rule 414, that's applied in federal court, he said.
