Legal Opinion
United States v. Orange Jell Beechum
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 11, 1977No. 76-1444PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*490GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:
Orange Jell' Beechum appeals from his conviction for unlawfully possessing a silver dollar knowing it had been stolen from the mail, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1708. In order to demonstrate at Beechum’s jury trial the appellant’s intent unlawfully to possess the money, the prosecution introduced evidence of other offenses Beechum may have committed. The chief issue on appeal is whether the district court properly applied this court’s standards regarding the admissibility of other crimes evidence. We hold that the lower court failed properly to apply the test…
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