Legal Opinion
United States v. Elain Young
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 23, 2014No. 12-2527, 12-2593PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Circuit Judge.
After a six-day trial, a jury convicted Elain “Kay” Young and Katherine “Kathy” Mock of conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire, resulting in death, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1958 and murder-for-hire, resulting in death, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1958 and 2 based on the death of Young’s husband. Young argues that the district court1 erroneously (1) admitted testimony of three witnesses regarding Young’s prior bad acts that reflected a propensity to commit the crimes charged under Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b); (2) admitted into evidence coeonspirator statements…
2Cases cited61 opinions
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- Bourjaily v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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