United States v. Mike Chase

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• affirming a district court's exclusion of Rule 404 state of mind evidence under Rule 403
• affirming a four-level upward variance and deeming the sentence \not extraordinary\
• “For [the defendant] to be convicted of voluntary manslaughter, the government had to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that [the defendant]: (1) voluntarily, intentionally, and unlawfully killed [the victim]; (2
• “A statement tending to expose the declarant to criminal liability and offered to exculpate the accused is not admissible ... ‘unless corroborating circumstances clearly indicate the trustworthiness of the statement.’ ”
• “Although this departure is most often imposed for exceptionally egregious behavior, we affirmed a §5K2.8 departure in a case in which the defendant had a history of domestic abuse and failed to seek prompt medical attention for the victim.”

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