United States Sixth Circuit

In assessing admissibility of evidence of a prior crime to show character under Fed. R. Evid. 404(b), the district court did not abuse its discretion in determining that the evidence at issue was probative of the crime charged regardless of whether a prior crime occurred.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/14/2003
• Decided 05/30/2003
• Published 05/30/2003

Judges

• Before:  SILER, GILMAN, and GIBBONS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Stephen P. Hall (argued and briefed), Assistant United States Attorney, U.S. Atty's Office, Memphis, TN, James W. Powell, Asst. U.S. Atty., U.S. Atty's Office, Jackson, TN, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Barry Lamont Price, Greenville, IL, T. Clifton Harviel, Jr. (argued and briefed), Harviel Law Office, Memphis, TN, for Defendant-Appellant.