Opinion ID: 677313
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Heading: Methamphetamine seized from Zarnes' trailer

Text: 60 For the same reasons, Zarnes challenges the admission of methamphetamine seized from her trailer pursuant to her 1988 arrest and conviction for possession of methamphetamine under California law. The indictment alleged a conspiracy beginning in July 1987 and lasting until July 1989. The government introduced evidence that Zarnes was connected to the conspiracy from its inception. Like the evidence of the marijuana and cocaine sale, the seizure of the methamphetamine was directly relevant to the charged conspiracy because it showed that Zarnes possessed the drug she was accused of conspiring to distribute during the time frame of the conspiracy. See United States v. Wells, 995 F.2d 189 (11th Cir.1993) (evidence of methamphetamine seized in an unrelated traffic stop was directly relevant to the charged conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and was not excludable under Rule 404(b)). Because the probative value of this evidence outweighed any prejudicial aspect, its admission was proper. 61