Dowling v. U.S., No. 88-6025 (U.S. Supreme Court) (493 U.S. 342; 110 S.Ct. 668) (January 10, 1990) (Justice White)
In this case the Court held that evidence of an alleged offense that the defendant had been acquitted of committing could nonetheless be admitted under Rule 404(b) in a subsequent proceeding. The Court held that the collateral estoppel principles inherent in the Double Jeopardy Clause did not bar the admission ...
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