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U.S. v. TORRES

No. 91-3839.

977 F.2d 321 (1992)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dennis TORRES, a/k/a Danny Torres, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 8, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph R. Wall, Asst. U.S. Atty. (argued), Office of the U.S. Atty., Milwaukee, Wis., for plaintiff-appellee.

Michael J. Backes (argued), Milwaukee, Wis., for defendant-appellant.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, and COFFEY, Circuit Judge, and WOOD, Jr., Senior Circuit Judge.

COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

Dennis Torres was charged with intentionally threatening a federal witness in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1513. At trial the government introduced evidence of prior acts of violence by Torres under Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b), alleging that this evidence, though unrelated to the charged crime, was introduced solely to establish Torres's intent when making the threats. A jury found him guilty, and the court, departing upward from the Sentencing...

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