Eigth Circuit: United States v. Christopher Strong, Sr.

FRE

Preliminary hearings sufficed for procedural reasonable balancing in weighing evidence of prior bad acts under 403/413.  Severing counts unrelated to 413 was a sufficient remedy.

Exclusion of expert testimony to refute claim that deft pushed victim into path of car was proper, as the incident was primarily proffered to establish that she had been hit by the car.

Where two crimes are specifically barred from being simultaneously charged as they are similar enough to be considered "double counting," an enhancement based on one can be applied with relation to a third crime.


United States  v.  Christopher Strong, Sr.