United States v. Jamal T. Merriweather

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• holding that a fact “that the statutory elements obligate the government to prove” is considered to be “material”
• holding that a fact “that the statutory elements obligate the government to prove” is considered to be “material”
• concluding that absence of mistake \on behalf of the government\ in identifying the perpetrator is not a legitimate basis to admit other acts evidence
• noting that delivering faulty limiting instructions to the jury in conjunction with failing to limit the scope of the “other acts” evidence that was admitted at trial constituted an abuse of discretion
• finding that jury instructions which \left the jury free to consider\ the other acts evidence for several impermissible purposes \permitted the jury to draw the very inference forbidden by Rule 404(b)\
• finding that jury instructions which “left the jury free to consider” the other acts evidence for several impermissible purposes “permitted the jury to draw the very inference forbidden by Rule 404(b)”

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