United States v. Joseph Arnold and Joseph Grieco

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• holding evidence of defendants’ loan sharking activities admissible to show motive for bribery of witness before grand jury investigating loansharking
• “[T]he length of time elapsed since the commission of the prior act is not per se determinative of its admissibility under Rule 404(b).”
• “The similarity of the prior conversation concerning witness bribery to the present offense and its probative value, not the time of occurrence, determines whether it is admissible under Rule 404(b).”

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