United States v. Eleuterio Cortijo-Diaz

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• \[Rule 404(b) is] simply a legislative enactment of long-established notions of fair play and due process * * *.\
• “[Rule 404(b) is] simply a legislative enactment of long-established notions of fair play and due process * * *.”
• the prohibition against other-acts evidence is based on “long-established notions of fair play and due process,” which forbid finding present guilt based on a “bad character profile”
• “‘instruction must have left the jury wondering how the [evidence] could have a bearing on’ the various items of Rule 404(b)”
• “‘instruction must have left the jury wondering how the [evidence] could have a bearing on’ the various items of Rule 404(b)”
• expressing dissatisfaction with “laundry-list” instruction

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).