United States v. Kerry Neil Enjady

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• holding that a district court must make a preliminary finding that the other acts occurred
• explaining that “[i]n passing Rule 413 Congress believed it necessary to lower the obstacles to admission of propensity evidence in a defined class of cases”
• applying FRE 403 balancing before admitting evidence proffered under FRE 413 or 414 makes admission of such evidence constitutional
• finding state lustful disposition rule constitutional because evidence is subjected to the state equivalent of the Rule 403 test
• identifying “how clearly the prior act has been proved” as a factor to be considered in assessing the probative value of evidence of past sexual assaults
• quoting, in turn, 140 Cong. Rec. S12990-01, S12990 (daily ed. Sept. 20, 1994) (statement of Sen. Robert Dole)

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