Legal Opinion
United States v. Ronald Wayne Thomas
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 5, 1995No. 95-1029PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAGILL, Circuit Judge.
Under Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b), evidence of prior bad acts is not admissible when introduced solely to support a propensity inference. However, prior bad acts evidence is admissible when used to prove a state of mind that is a material issue at trial. In United States v. Jenkins, 7 F.3d 803, 806 (8th Cir.1993), we held that evidence of prior bad acts is inadmissible whenever the defendant removes any material issue concerning state of mind by “expressing] a decision not to dispute that issue with sufficient clarity.” We conclude that Thomas has not expressed with…
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