The Prosecution in Commonwealth V

Multiple Choice

The prosecution in Commonwealth v. Prashaw had been permitted to introduce a couple of pictures of the defendant in which she was shown naked posed in sexually provocative positions holding objects that might have been firearms. The prosecution's charge involved illegal possession or storage of firearms and did not involve any sexual criminal activity. On appeal, the reviewing court determined that:

A) showing evidence of prior immoral misconduct was proper if it did not amount to an uncharged crime.
B) the pictures were properly admitted as providing background information that helped the jury understand just what kind of a person the defendant really was.
C) the naked pictures of the defendant should have been excluded from introduction by the prosecution because the unfair prejudice to the defendant and to her case concerning the pictures outweighed the probative value because the jury might just convict her because she was a lewd or immoral person.
D) the pictures were properly introduced because a rational jury could conclude that a person who would allow such naked pictures to be taken of her would probably also become involved in a crime involving firearms.