United States v. John Charles Blankenship

U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit · Decided 1985-10-25

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MERRITT, Circuit Judge, dissenting. I agree with the panel opinion in all respects except the holding that the evidence of the defendant’s involvement in other crimes for profit is not admissible to prove the defendant’s predisposition to deal in firearms unless the other crimes are very similar to the charged crimes. The panel’s approach of requi…

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