Punch and Jurists

U.S. v. Sanders, No. 10-13667 (11th Cir.) (668 F.3d 1298) (February 2, 2012) (Per Curiam) by Here the Court held that the district court had abused its discretion and violated the precepts of Rule 404(b) by allowing the admission of evidence of the defendant’s 22-year-old dissimilar conviction - but deemed …

U.S. v. Walker, No. 05-3881 (8th Cir.) (470 F.3d 1271) (December 18, 2006) (Judge Steven M. Colloton) by Here a divided panel held that the admission of a defendant’s eighteen year old prior conviction for armed robbery was not too remote in time to make in inadmissible, under the standards …