U.S. v. CORTIJO-DIAZ

No. 87-1513.

875 F.2d 13 (1989)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Eleuterio CORTIJO-DIAZ, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 23, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Rankin, by Appointment of the Court, with whom Rankin & Sultan was on brief for defendant, appellant.

Juan A. Pedrosa, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Daniel F. Lopez-Romo, U.S. Atty., and Luis A. Plaza, Asst. U.S. Atty., Criminal Div., were on brief for the U.S.

Before BOWNES, BREYER and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judges.


TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

Once more we have before us allegations of abuses committed under the aegis of Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b). It is unfortunate that our prior warnings to the government in this respect have not been heeded. See United States v. Flores-Perez, 849 F.2d 1, 8 (1st Cir.1988). The principal issue presented by this appeal is whether the district court erred in admitting into evidence the record of defendant...

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