United States of America v. Santiago Humberto Rodriguez- Aparicio

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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
SANTIAGO HUMBERTO RODRIGUEZ-
APARICIO,
Defendant - Appellant.
No. 11-10105
D.C. No. 2:09-cr-00060-PMP-
PAL-1
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Nevada
Philip M. Pro, District Judge, Presiding
Argued and Submitted February 13, 2012
San Francisco, California
Before: THOMAS, FISHER, and IKUTA, Circuit Judges.
The district court’s denial of Rodriguez-Aparicio’s motion to exclude
evidence related to his threats was not “illogical, implausible, or without support in
inferences that may be drawn from the record,” United States v. Hinkson, 585 F.3d
1247, 1262 (9th Cir. 2009) (en banc), because the district court carefully weighed
FILED
FEB 16 2012
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U .S. C OU R T OF APPE ALS

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the probative value and prejudicial effect of the evidence, and offered limiting
instructions to cure any unfairly prejudicial impact, including an instruction stating
that such threats were relevant only to show consciousness of guilt. See Fed R.
Evid. 402, 403; see also Ortiz-Sandoval v. Gomez, 81 F.3d 891, 897–98 (9th Cir.
1996).
Rodriguez’s argument regarding the constitutionality of 18 U.S.C.
§ 922(g)(1) is foreclosed by United States v. Polanco, 93 F.3d 555, 563 (9th Cir.
1996).
AFFIRMED.

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