UNITED STATES v. SCOTT

No. 84-5246.

767 F.2d 1308 (1985)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. David Allen SCOTT, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 5, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Markham, II, San Diego, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Cynthia G. Aaron, San Diego, Cal., for defendant-appellant.

Before HUG and BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judges, and GEORGE, District Judge.


GEORGE, District Judge:

The appellant, David Allen Scott, was convicted by a jury of violating 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) & 846 (1982) (attempted possession of a controlled substance with an intent to distribute it) and 21 U.S.C. § 843(b) (1982) (illegal use of a communications facility). Scott appeals his conviction, claiming that the district court abused its discretion in admitting evidence of a prior similar act and that the evidence presented at trial...

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