If a criminal offence requires only general criminal intent, can evidence of specific intent or knowledge be obtained under Rule 404(b)?
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The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Danzey, 594 F.2d 905 (2nd Cir. 1979):
10 Again, if the crime requires only a general criminal intent, evidence of specific intent or knowledge may be unnecessary and inadmissible under Rule 404(b). See United States v. Benedetto, supra, 571 F.2d at 1249 (knowledge and intent were only technically at issue and not really in dispute).
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