· 2/26/1991
United States of America, Cross-Appellant v. Thomas Mickens, Anthony Jacobs, Shelby Kearney, Bettina Jacobs Celifie, Cross-Appellee
Citations
- 926 F.2d 1323
- 32 Fed. R. Serv. 614
- 1991 U.S. App. LEXIS 3135
How courts have described this case
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- explaining that 91 “[t]he district court’s occasional intemperate remarks did not substantially taint [the defendants’] 92 trial” and “any possible prejudice to [the defendant] was cured by the court’s cautionary 93 instruction”
- “[T]he standards for admission of Rule 404(b) evidence were satisfied. The testimony . . . was not offered to prove Mickens’ bad character or criminal propensity, but rather to prove his consciousness of guilt.”
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Judges: Meskill, Altimari, Metzner
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