context: . 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.
citation_a.signal: cf.
citation_a.identifier: 690 F.2d 704, 708-09
citation_a.parenthetical: finding evidence of prior sexual acts between victim and defendant to be admissible as motive evidence for kidnapping
citation_a.sentence: 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).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 880 F.2d 1012, 1015
citation_b.parenthetical: finding evidence of "thrill from creating violence" to be inadmissible as motive evidence for murder charge
citation_b.sentence: 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).