Another crime may be used "circumstantially" -- for a purpose other than witness impeachment -- and for an otherwise permissible non-propensity purpose even if there was no conviction for the other crime.

United States v. LeShore, 543 F.3d 935, 941-942 (7th Cir. 2008) (upholding trial court's admission of the bait money list as a business record because a bank employee testified that "her personal knowledge....Document must have been prepared in the normal course of business.

Fed. R. Evid. 413 ("In a criminal case in which the defendant is accused of an offense of sexual assault, evidence of the defendant's commission of another offense or offenses of sexual assault is admissible, and may be considered for its bearing on any matter to which it is relevant.").Federal Rule of Evidence 413 and comparable rules in a few States create an express exception to the prohibition against circumstantial use of character, the prohibition against the use of character to show conduct. Rules such as Rule 413 provide that in a criminal trial for sexual assault evidence of the defendant's commission of another offense or offenses of sexual assault is admissible.

See United States v. McIntosh, 200 F.3d 1168, 1169 (8th Cir. 2000) (upholding trial court's admission of certified court documents [which misidentified defendant's 1995 state felony possession conviction] as public records....Some things or documents -- some things and documents with certain characteristics or appearances -- do not have to be authenticated: some things or documents are "self-authenticating."