A propensity direction is not required for fleeting references to uncharged acts that could not have affected the jury's deliberations; giving such a direction would merely call attention to matters of no significance. Evidence of complaints of uncharged acts, admissible only for credibility purposes, does not require a propensity direction because propensity reasoning could only occur after a determination that the complaints were true, which the standard complaint direction precludes. An inconsistent acquittal on one count does not necessarily require setting aside convictions on related counts where the appellate court is itself satisfied beyond reasonable doubt of guilt on the counts of conviction.
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