United States First Circuit

Lower court erred in excluding prosecution's evidence of a prior fire allegedly set by the defendant under FRE 404(b), because there was sufficient evidence for a jury to conclude defendant committed the prior bad act.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/07/2004
• Published 06/07/2004

Judges

• TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge., Before TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, LOURIE, Circuit Judge, and HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert E. Richardson, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Michael J. Sullivan, United States Attorney, was on brief, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Kimberly Homan, with whom Joseph S. Oteri and Oteri & Lawson, P.C., were on brief, for appellee.