U.S. v. SORENSEN

No. 17-1984.

893 F.3d 1060 (2018)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Shawn Russell SORENSEN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: June 26, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin Koliner , Assistant U.S. Attorney, Jennifer D. Mammenga , Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, District of South Dakota, P.O. Box 2638, Sioux Falls, SD 57101-2638, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Paul C. Engh , Paul Engh Law Office, Suite 420, 200 S. Sixth Street, Minneapolis, MN 55402, Shawn Russell Sorensen, Pro Se, Federal Transfer Center, P.O. Box 898801, Oklahoma City, OK 73189-8801, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before GRUENDER, BEAM, and KELLY, Circuit Judges.


Shawn Russell Sorensen appeals following his jury trial conviction and sentence, arguing that the district court1 erred in failing sua sponte to exclude the testimony of the government's fingerprint expert, in determining that the government's error in initially misstating Sorensen's predicate offense...

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