Opinion ID: 721171
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Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Labor Board Default Judgments

Text: 14 In 1990, the Labor Board awarded two of Thomas's former employees money default judgments for unpaid wages. This evidence was inextricably intertwined with the charged crimes against Thomas. The evidence tended to prove Thomas was not paying his employees, and supported the inference that he was not withholding the payroll taxes he claimed. Because Thomas never turned over his corporate records, the evidence was necessary to present a comprehensible story about Thomas's payrolls. See Vizcarra-Martinez, 57 F.3d at 1512 (evidence admissible as inextricably intertwined if the evidence is necessary to permit the prosecutor to offer a coherent and comprehensible story regarding the commission of the crime.). The district court did not err in admitting this evidence.