U.S. v. SHAW

No. 86-5363.

824 F.2d 601 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. James SHAW, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided July 14, 1987.

Rehearing Denied August 12, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley E. Whiting, Winner, S.D., for appellant.

Bonnie Ulrich, Asst. U.S. Atty., Sioux Falls, S.D., for appellee.

Before JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge, FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge, and BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.


JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

After hearing testimony that James Shaw had engaged in numerous acts of sexual intercourse with S.A., his eleven year old foster daughter, a jury found Shaw guilty of seven counts of carnal knowledge, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1153, 2032 (1982). Shaw's primary contention on appeal is that the district court1 erred in refusing to allow evidence of S.A.'s past sexual behavior for the purpose of proving that Shaw...

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