U.S. v. MORA

No. 95-3365.

81 F.3d 781 (1996)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Shirley MORA, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 19, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary Gaertner, St. Louis, MO, argued (Jonathan I. Goldstein, on brief), for appellee.

Douglas McNabb, Houston, TX, argued, for appellant.

Before MAGILL, FLOYD R. GIBSON, and HEANEY, Circuit Judges.


MAGILL, Circuit Judge.

Shirley Mora appeals her conviction on four counts of mail fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341 and 1342, arguing that the district court1 abused its discretion in allowing the government to present "other crimes" evidence. We affirm.

I.

In December 1988, Mora's father passed away, leaving Mora an estate which included a house on Red Bud Drive in Pacific, Missouri. The house, valued...

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