Opinion ID: 4764
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Heading: Relevance of the Marijuana Cigarette

Text: The district court found that Officer Munday's testimony regarding the marijuana cigarette found in Williams's wallet was relevant to his motive, intent, preparation, plan, knowledge and so on. (R., vol. 2 at 170). We find that the evidence that Williams was carrying a marijuana cigarette in his wallet bears on the issue of his knowledge, preparation, plan, or absence of mistake. Evidence is relevant if it makes the existence of any fact at issue more or less probable than it would be without the evidence. United States v. Williams, 900 F.2d 823, 826 (5th Cir. 1990). Evidence that Williams was carrying a marijuana cigarette in his wallet makes it slightly more probable that he knew he was carrying cocaine in his suitcase, and that he, rather than someone else, placed the cocaine in the unlocked suitcase.