Huddleston v. United States
| Huddleston v. United States | |
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| Argued March 23, 1988 Decided May 2, 1988 | |
| Full case name | Guy Rufus Huddleston v. United States of America |
| Citations | 485 U.S. 681 (more) 108 S. Ct. 1496; 99 L. Ed. 2d 771; 1988 U.S. LEXIS 2035 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Conviction affirmed by the Sixth Circuit, 811 F.2d 974 (6th Cir. 1987). |
| Holding | |
| Evidence of other acts is admissible in federal court to show motive, opportunity, intent, preparation, plan, knowledge, or identity, and without a threshold determination that the acts have been proven. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinion | |
| Majority | Rehnquist, joined by unanimous |
| Laws applied | |
| Fed. R. Evid. 404(b) | |
Huddleston v. United States, 485 U.S. 681 (1988), was a case in which the United States Supreme Court held that before admitting evidence of extrinsic acts under Rule 404(b) of the Federal Rules of Evidence, federal courts should assess the evidence's sufficiency under Federal Rule of Evidence 104(b). Under 104(b), "[w]hen the relevancy of evidence depends upon the fulfillment of a condition of fact, the court shall admit it upon, or subject to, the introduction of evidence sufficient to support a finding of the fulfillment of the condition."