U.S. v. Loveless, No. 97-2960 (8th Cir.) (139 F.3d 587) (April 7, 1998) (Judge Richard H. Kyle)
Loaded on May 1, 1998
published in Punch and Jurists
May 25, 1998
Filed under:
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Motive/Opportunity/Intent/Identity Evidence.
Court held that "Rule 404(b) is a rule of inclusion; it allows the court to admit evidence of prior bad acts unless it tends to prove only a defendant's criminal disposition." (Id., at 591).
Case held that evidence that defendant had attempted to tamper with witnesses was admissible …
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