COFFIN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents the question whether, in a trial on a charge of attempted extortion, the target of the alleged threats may testify to and explain his state of mind at the time he allegedly was threatened. We hold that such evidence is relevant and that the particular state-of-mind evidence admitted in this case was not unfairly prejudicial. We therefore affirm appellant's conviction.
I.
Appellant Robert D. Goodoak was...
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