United States v. Oscar Paredes-Lio

87 F.3d 1324 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Oscar PAREDES-LIO, Defendant-Appellee. No. 95-10396. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 10, 1996. Decided June 20, 1996. 1 Before: REINHARDT and HALL, Circuit Judges, MERHIGE, * District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM ** 3 Oscar Paredes-Lio was charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846 , and possession with intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841 (a)(1). The government moved for a pretrial ruling on the admissibility of other act evidence under Fed.R.Evid. 404(b). The government sought to admit testimony of another defendant, Yvonne Paz, that she delivered a shipment of marijuana two weeks earlier at the behest of the same person who set up the cocaine shipment. Paz claims that when she delivered the marijuana, Paredes-Lio helped to unload the shipment. The district court…