Vertiv Inc. v. Wayne Burt PTE Ltd

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• explaining trial court’s broad discretion in application of Federal Rules of Evidence 403 and 404(b)
• describing the other acts evidence as showing “a pattern of drug possession and dealing taking place immediately before the conspiracy alleged in the indictment”
• evidence of uncharged transactions involving multiple drugs relevant to the defendants’ intent to sell cocaine
• prior pattern of drug dealing similar to crimes charged relevant to show intent and admitted over rule 404(b) challenge
• evidence of other crimes properly admitted in order to rebut entrapment defense
• “The language of [rule 403] tilts, as do the rules as a whole, toward the admission of evidence in close cases.... [T]he balance should generally be struck in favor of admission when the evidence indicates a close relationship to the event charged.” (footnotes omitted)

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