Whether the federal courts are free to withdraw the protection from undue prejudice which emanates from the required four-step process as set forth in Huddleston v. United States, 485 U.S. 681, 691-92, 108 S.Ct. 1496, 99 L.Ed. 771 (1988) prior to the admission of a prior conviction, for the same crime as that being tried, pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b)?

Whether the federal courts are free to withdraw the protection from undue prejudice which emanates from the required four-step process as set forth in Huddleston v. United States