United States v. Michael J. Swiatek

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• holding that Rule 404(b) did not bar evi- dence of a prior conviction when defendant charged with violating 18 U.S.C.A. § 922(g)
• “Whether the government has stepped beyond permissible constitutional bounds in attempting to enforce the law is a legal question, not a factual one.”
• “Evidence of other bad acts is also admissible to prove predisposition in an entrapment case, because in such a case the defendant’s predisposition to commit the charged crime is legitimately at issue.”

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