People of the Territory of Guam v. Vincent Torres Tedtaotao

46 F.3d 1144 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. PEOPLE OF the TERRITORY OF GUAM, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Vincent Torres TEDTAOTAO, Defendant-Appellant. No. 94-10179. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted: Jan. 12, 1995. * Decided: Jan. 27, 1995. Before: ALDISERT, *** CHOY, and SCHROEDER, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM **** 2 Vincent Torres Tedtaotao appeals the district court's affirmance of his conviction in the Guam Superior Court on charges of robbery, burglary, kidnapping, terrorizing and felony escape. Tedtaotao contends the Superior Court erred in permitting the jury to consider evidence of prior bad acts pursuant to 6 G.C.A. Sec. 404(b) and that the district court should have overturned his conviction. We affirm the district court's judgment. 3 On August 12, 1991, Tedtaotao and Joshua Merep escaped from prison, where Tedtaotao was serving a life sentence without possibility of parole for a murder conviction. Armed with a gun and a knife,…