United States v. Pamela M. Lowe

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• stating motive and modus operandi are not dispositive when determining whether prior convictions are related
• upholding determination of unrelatedness because offenses occurred at different times, involved different victims, had been committed in different locales, and had not been consolidated
• six prior convictions for forging bad checks over a two-year period to financial institutions in several locations via an identical modus operandi were not part of a single common scheme or plan
• “[sjimilar crimes are not necessarily related crimes”; motive or modus operandi may be factors in making single-common-scheme-or-plan determination, but they are not conclusive in every case
• six prior convictions for forging bad checks over a two-year period to financial institutions in several locations via an identical modus operandi were not part of a single common scheme or plan
• standard of review; noting similar crimes are not necessarily related crimes and upholding unrelatedness determination because offenses occurred at different times, involved different victims, had been committed in different locales, and had not been consolidated

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