United States v. Leo Adams, United States of America v. Carl Parker

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• upholding admission of 1986 drug conviction in trial of offense committed in 2001
• upholding admission of 1986 drug conviction in trial of offense committed in 2001
• finding “the government need only establish a tacit understanding between the parties.”
• finding evidence related to the defendant's involvement in an earlier drug conspiracy and his falling out with members of that conspiracy was relevant to show his intent to enter into a new conspiracy under NRS 48.045(2)s federal analog
• unfairly prejudicial evidence has been described as evidence that is “ ‘so inflammatory on [its] face as to divert the jury’s attention from the material issues in the trial.’ ”
• “[T]he district court permissibly considered ‘the career offender range as an indicator of a reasonable sentence for someone with a criminal history as extensive as [the defendant’s].’” (quoting Flores, 336 F.3d at 765)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).