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U.S. v. Heath, No. 98-3484 (7th Cir.) (188 F.3d 916) (August 26, 1999) (Judge Kenneth F. Ripple)

This case is noted as a rare example in which a court held that the admission of evidence about a prior crime was improper under Fed.R.Evid. Rule 404(b), both because the prior crime was not similar to the instant charge, and because its admission was “extremely prejudicial.”

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