REES

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By (269 total)

• Finney v. State, 660 So. 2d 674 (Fla. 1995)
  …cuniary motive for a murder if the evidence established that at the time of the murder the defendant needed money for some reason, such as the payment of a debt. Accord United States v. Beechum, 582 F. 2d 898, 915 n. 15 (5th Cir.1978), cert. denied, 440 U.S. 920, 99 S.Ct. 1244, 59 L.Ed.2d 472 (1979). Thus, the other crime evidence relied on here could have been used to support the finding of “pecuniary gain” if there was something about the facts of the other crime that made the evidence probative of the d…
• Wuornos v. State, 644 So. 2d 1000 (Fla. 1994)
  …rule evidence presented by the State unlawfully prejudiced her case. While it may be true that similar crimes evidence should not be used if it amounts to needless “overkill,” see United States v. Beechum, 582 F. 2d 898 (5th Cir.1978), cert. denied, 440 U.S. 920, 99 S.Ct. 1244, 59 L.Ed.2d 472 (1979), we cannot say that such was the ease here. Wuornos’ own testimony at trial portrayed her as the actual victim here. She claimed Mallory viciously abused her and then engaged in actions suggesting he intended to…
• Huddleston v. United States, 485 U.S. 681 (U.S. 1988)
  …the jury to find that the defendant committed the act. United States v. Ingraham, 832 F. 2d 229, 235 (CA1 1987); United States v. Martin, 773 F. 2d 579, 582 (CA4 1985); United States v. Beechum, 582 F. 2d 898, 914 (CA5 1978) (en banc), cert. denied, 440 U. S. 920 (1979); United States v. Dothard, 666 F. 2d 498, 502 (CA11 1982). Consistent with the Sixth Circuit, the Second Circuit prohibits the introduction of similar act evidence unless the trial court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the def…