United States v. Phaknikone

How courts have described this case

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• stating that even if a district court abused its discretion in admitting evidence, “[r]eversal is warranted only if the error resulted in actual prejudice because it had [a] substantial and injurious effect or influence in determining the jury’s verdict.”
• six bank robberies within six months and 40-mile radius established modus operandi where in each robbery the perpetrators wore black ski masks, white-topped gloves and hooded sweatshirts, and waved handguns while shouting profanities
• “Viewed in its totality, the evidence of [the defendant’s] guilt is overwhelming, and there is no reason to think that the [evidentiary error] had a substantial or injurious effect in influencing the jury.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).