UNITED STATES v. ARMAJO

No. 21-8021.

38 F.4th 80 (2022)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Shayne Kyle ARMAJO, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

FILED June 23, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O. Dean Sanderford , Assistant Federal Public Defender ( Virginia L. Grady , Federal Public Defender, with him on the briefs), Denver, Colorado, for Defendant-Appellant.

Timothy J. Forwood , Assistant United States Attorney ( L. Robert Murray , Acting United States Attorney with him on the brief), Cheyenne, Wyoming, for the Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before HARTZ, SEYMOUR, and BALDOCK, Circuit Judges.


Under the Federal Rules of Evidence, a party may introduce evidence of another's prior bad acts if it is presented for a proper purpose. See Fed. R. Evid. 404(b). Mr. Armajo, on trial for stabbing his uncle, sought to present evidence of his uncle's prior assaults in order to bolster a self-defense claim. We consider...

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