Legal Opinion
United States v. Anthony Blyden and Allen Van Putten
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 1, 1992No. 91-3482PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
WEIS, Circuit Judge
In light of the defendants' previous acquittals on charges of assault, the trial judge issued an in limine order barring evidence of the alleged attack in a prosecution for other offenses arising out of that same incident. Because the proffered evidence is essential to prove an element of one count in the pending trial, we conclude that Federal Rules of Evidence 403 and 404(b) do not bar admission. Accordingly, we will reverse the district court's order that relied on those rules.
The United States has appealed from the order excluding evidence of the…
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