United States v. Clarence D. Ross

EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

Clarence Ross challenges his conviction, contending that he was denied his right to an impartial jury and that the admission of evidence at trial was improper under Fed. R.Evid. 404(b). We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

Ross and his wife were charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States. 18 U.S.C. § 371. He alone was charged with four counts of making false statements to the Department of Labor, 18 U.S.C. § 1001, and two counts of improperly using his wife’s social security number, 42 U.S.C. § 408(g)(2). During the trial in 1986, the court admitted evidence, over…