United States v. Juan Rubio-Villareal

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• holding that it was not an abuse of discretion to reject testimony that “would have shown that [defendant’s] failure to register his truck is a common phenomenon in Mexico”
• holding probative value of prior drug conviction outweighed any prejudice because high need for evidence coupled with judge’s careful limiting instruction weighed in favor of admission
• finding that the similarity between two border crossings involving hidden drugs was “undeniable” despite the use of different vehicles, different secret compartments, and different drugs
• district court properly excluded expert testimony regarding Mexican culture in trial of Mexican defendant for drug offenses
• no abuse of discretion in excluding expert testimony on Mexican culture as relating to defendant’s conduct
• “[W]here evidence is offered to show knowledge and intent, it is not necessary that the illegal drug involved in the prior offense be identical to the illegal drug involved in the charged crimes.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).