U.S. v. Quinn, No. 92-10452 (9th Cir.) (18 F.3d 1466) (March 17, 1994) (Judge Mary M. Schroeder)
In discussing the use of "identity" evidence, the Court held that the prior crime must be "so similar in their circumstances as to guarantee a reasonable liklihood that they were committed by the same person." (Id., at 1466).
Here the Court ruled that: "Evidence that a person has committed one …
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