Legal Opinion
United States v. Taylor
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 3, 2008No. 06-4112, 07-1939PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
We have consolidated for decision two appeals presenting overlapping issues under Rule 404(b) of the Federal Rules of Evidence, which governs the admissibility of evidence of previous crimes or other “bad acts.” Tyreese Taylor and Samuel Hogsett were convicted in separate trials of distributing crack (Hogsett was also convicted of a gun offense) and sentenced to 240 and 355 months in prison, respectively.
Rule 404(b) forbids the use of prior convictions or other evidence of bad acts to prove that the defendant has a propensity to commit crimes. But it allows such evi…
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