United States v. Samuel M. Chaimson

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1985-04-24

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CUDAHY, Circuit Judge, concurring: I agree that the law in this circuit seems to allow the government to introduce other-crimes evidence, in its case-in-chief, merely if the crime in question is one requiring specific intent. I have some doubts about the defensibility of that rule; it would seem to me more appropriate to follow the general rule that, as evidenc…

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