context: First, the court in that case found that the evidence in dispute was "highly probative." Here, in contrast,' the government also offered testimony that Colon had admitted that he had a gun on the night in question. While the Face testimony does supply a motive for possession, motive is of little probative value when a flat-out confession is offered into evidence.
citation_a.signal: cf.
citation_a.identifier: 205 F.3d 657, 667
citation_a.parenthetical: deciding against Rule 403 exclusion in part because alternative evidence was not equally probative with the evidence in dispute
citation_a.sentence: See Old Chief v. United States, 519 U.S. 172, 185, 117 S.Ct. 644, 136 L.Ed.2d 574 (1997) (the probative value of a piece of evidence should be evaluated in comparison to the probative value of “evi-dentiary alternatives”); cf. United States v. Universal Rehabilitation Servs., 205 F.3d 657, 667 (3d Cir.2000) (en banc) (deciding against Rule 403 exclusion in part because alternative evidence was not equally probative with the evidence in dispute).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.parenthetical: the probative value of a piece of evidence should be evaluated in comparison to the probative value of "evi-dentiary alternatives"
citation_b.sentence: See Old Chief v. United States, 519 U.S. 172, 185, 117 S.Ct. 644, 136 L.Ed.2d 574 (1997) (the probative value of a piece of evidence should be evaluated in comparison to the probative value of “evi-dentiary alternatives”); cf. United States v. Universal Rehabilitation Servs., 205 F.3d 657, 667 (3d Cir.2000) (en banc) (deciding against Rule 403 exclusion in part because alternative evidence was not equally probative with the evidence in dispute).