United States v. Esad Bekric

A jury convicted Esad Bekric of Possession with Intent to Distribute Fifty Kilograms or More of Marijuana, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a). Bekric appeals, arguing the district court 1 improperly admitted evidence of a prior arrest that did not result in a prosecution and improperly excluded as hearsay certain testimony that should have been allowed. Because evidence of the prior arrest tended to prove knowledge, intent, planning, and modus operandi, and because the excluded testimony was hearsay, we affirm.

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In 2012, officers in Texas stopped Bekric while he was driving a semi tractor pulling a trailer.…