United States of America v. Elijha Dewayne Taylor

Muskogee, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder.



Elijah Dewayne Taylor was convicted of first-degree murder in Indian country and discharging a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.



Rule 404(b) prohibits the admission of evidence of "any other crime, wrong, or act” to show a defendant's propensity to commit bad acts. Fed. R. Evid. 404(b)(1). "Although . . . 'propensity evidence' is relevant, the risk that a jury will convict for crimes other than those charged—or that, uncertain of guilt, it will convict anyway because a bad person deserves punishment—creates a prejudicial effect that outweighs ordinary relevance.” Old Chief, 519 U.S. at 181 (quotations omitted).



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Affirmed