Legal Opinion
United States v. Bruce Raymond Swinton
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 31, 1996No. 95-2009PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.
A jury convicted Swinton of seven counts of bank fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1344, and he was sentenced to thirty-seven months imprisonment. Swinton raises three issues on appeal: (1) the court violated Fed. R.Evid. 404(b) by allowing the government to introduce evidence of other, uncharged transactions in which he was involved; (2) the evidence was insufficient to support the conviction; and (3) the jury considered extraneous evidence in reaching the verdict. We reject Swinton’s first two claims and remand to the district court for an evidentiary hearing on his…
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