United States v. Gregory Jacen Sykes

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• deciding that government need not disclose mere tipster who did not witness or participate in crime
• finding that a crime committed eight months after the charged offense was sufficiently close in time to satisfy Rule 404(b)
• Rule 404(b) evidence of other crime properly admitted and more probative than prejudicial where other crime was virtually identical to charged offense and occurred only eight months later, and court provided limiting instruction to jury

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