United States v. Roland Demingo Queen, A/K/A Mingo

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• holding that where intent is an essential element of a charged offense, evidence of similar acts may be admitted under 404(b)
• holding that the more similar the prior bad act is to the charged crime the more relevant the prior bad act becomes toward proving intent
• holding that jury could reasonably take similar prior acts as evidence tending to make it less probable that defendant charged with witness tampering acted with innocent purpose
• holding that “the specificity of the indictment’s allegations” sufficiently put the defendant on notice of the charged crime and “the date of the conspiracy was not a substantive element of the crime of conspiracy”
• explaining that prior bad acts evidence is necessary “when it is probative of ... an element of the offense”
• holding that, as part of the Rule 404(b) inquiry, “the evidence’s probative value must not be substantially outweighed by confusion or unfair prejudice in the sense that it tends to subordinate reason to emotion in the factfinding process”

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