U.S. v. BLUE BIRD

No. 03-2544.

372 F.3d 989 (2004)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Charles BLUE BIRD, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: June 23, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy Joseph Langley, Asst. Federal Public Defender, argued, Sioux Falls, SD (Edward G. Albright, Asst. Federal Public Defender, of Pierre, SD, on the brief), for appellant.

Dennis Ray Holmes, Asst. U.S. Atty., argued, Sioux Falls, SD, for appellee.

Before MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, HANSEN, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.


MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

After a jury convicted Charles Blue Bird of the sexual abuse of a minor under 18 U.S.C. § 2243(a), he appealed. Because we find that the district court erred in admitting evidence to which Mr. Blue Bird objected, and that the error was not harmless, we reverse his conviction.

I.

It is undisputed that Mr. Blue Bird, who was nineteen years old at the time, had consensual sexual intercourse with the minor...

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