United States Eighth Circuit

In a prosecution for drug-related offenses, admission of prior crime evidence under Fed. R. of Evid. Rule 404(b) is affirmed where: 1) the narrow holding in Old Chief v. US, 519 U.S. 172 (1997), that the prosecution must sometimes accept a defendant's stipulation, did not apply to underlying case; and 2) the district court did not err in refusing to require the prosecution to accept defendant's stipulation and in admitting the proffered Rule 404(b) evidence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/24/2008
• Published 04/24/2008

Judges

• WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge., Before WOLLMAN and SMITH, Circuit Judges, and GRITZNER, District Judge.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Paul Edwards Sims, argued, St. Louis, MO, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Reginald L. Harris, argued, St. Louis, MO, for appellee.