United States v. Lonnie Dale Spotted Bear

The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction of four counts of sexual abuse involving three young female relatives. The court held that the district court did not err in allowing the government to play video recordings of the victims' forensic interviews for the jury. In this case, defendant opened the door to the admission of one of the videos, defendant did not object to the admission of the other videos, and the admission did not affect his substantial rights where the videos were cumulative and the evidence of his guilt was strong overall. View "United States v. Lonnie Dale Spotted Bear" on Justia Law