LAVORATO, Chief Justice (dissenting). For good reason, courts have long followed the rule against admitting bad-acts evidence “for the purpose of showing that the defendant has a criminal disposition in order to generate the inference that he committed the crime with which he is charged.” United States v. Myers, <a href="/opinion/343448/united-states-v-larry-allen…
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