The following excerpt is from People of Territory of Guam v. Shymanovitz, 157 F.3d 1154 (9th Cir. 1998):
6 Although the government's brief does not acknowledge a difference between the terms "intent" and "motive," its arguments are inapplicable to the motive exception under Rule 404(b). We have long held that evidence of motive requires more than a general propensity to commit a type of crime but rather a motive to commit the crime charged against the particular victim. See United States v. Brown, 880 F.2d 1012, 1015 (9th Cir.1989) (finding evidence of "thrill from creating violence" to be inadmissible as motive evidence for murder charge); cf. United States v. Bradshaw, 690 F.2d 704, 708-09 (9th Cir.1982) (finding evidence of prior sexual acts between victim and defendant to be admissible as motive evidence for kidnapping).
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