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UNITED STATES v. CHARLEY

No. 19-10133.

1 F.4th 637 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Seraphina CHARLEY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 11, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Molly A. Karlin (argued), Assistant Federal Public Defender; Jon M. Sands , Federal Public Defender; Office of the Federal Public Defender, Phoenix, Arizona; for Defendant-Appellant.

Karla Hotis DeLord (argued), Assistant United States Attorney; Krissa M. Lanham , Appellate Division Chief; Michael Bailey , United States Attorney; United States Attorney's Office, Phoenix, Arizona; for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Concurrence by Judge Bumatay.

OPINION

Rule 404 of the Federal Rules of Evidence prohibits evidence about a defendant's character trait to prove that the defendant committed the charged crime when he acted in accordance with that character trait. The rule is rooted in the "basic premise of our criminal justice system" that "[o]ur law punishes people...

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