United States Seventh Circuit

Deprivation of a victim's constitutional rights is a specific intent crime under 18 USC 242, so intent is a material issue and introduction of prior bad acts is permissible under Fed. R. Evid. 404(b).

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/18/2001
• Decided 05/16/2001
• Published 05/16/2001

Judges

• BAUER, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, MANION, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Lisa W. Edwards,Jennifer Levin (argued), Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Div., Appellate Section, Washington, DC, for U.S., John Maksimovich (argued), Highland, IN, for David W. Brown., Marce Gonzalez, Jr., Thomas Vanes (argued), Merrillville, IN, for Bruce Troxel.