Section 23.82 Curative Admissibility and Invited Error

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L. (§23.82) Curative Admissibility and Invited Error

The principle of curative admissibility and invited error provides that, when improper or incomplete evidence is presented, the adversary may sometimes answer that evidence with like evidence. State v. Starr, 492 S.W.2d 795 (Mo. banc 1973). “The invited error doctrine is that a party who has introduced evidence pertaining to a particular issue may not object when the opposite party introduces related evidence intended to rebut or explain.” State v. McFall, 737 S.W.2d 748, 756 (Mo. App. S.D. 1987).

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