Second Circuit· 3/15/2017

United States v. Schaffer

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851 F.3d 166
2017 WL 992504

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collecting cases across Courts of Appeal, all of which have held that Rule 413 or 414 do not violate the Due Process Clause
collecting cases across Courts of Appeal, all of which have held that Rule 413 or 414 do not violate the Due Process Clause
admission of evidence of prior sexual assaults on minors does not violate defendant's due process rights in prosecution for coercing minor to engage in illegal sexual activity: weighing of probative value against unfair prejudice provides adequate safeguard
\Rule 413 does not threaten a defendant's right to due process.\
“The wisdom of an evidentiary rule permitting the use of propensity evidence in prosecutions for sexual assault is not the concern of the courts. . . . Deliberating the merits and demerits of Rule 413 is a matter for Congress alone.”
“Unlike Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b

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Judges: Berman, Cabranes, Walker

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