U.S. v. SPOTTED BEAR

No. 18-1008.

920 F.3d 1199 (2019)

UNITED STATES of America Plaintiff-Appellee v. Lonnie Dale SPOTTED BEAR Defendant-Appellant

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: April 11, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Megan A. Healy , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, District of North Dakota, Fargo, ND, Jonathan O'Konek , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, District of North Dakota, Bismarck, ND, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Carey A. Goetz , Larson & Latham, Bismarck, ND, Lonnie Dale Spotted Bear, Pro Se, Oklahoma City, OK, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before COLLOTON, SHEPHERD, and STRAS, Circuit Judges.


A jury found Lonnie Dale Spotted Bear guilty of four counts of sexual abuse involving three young female relatives. On appeal, he challenges the district court's1 decision to allow the government to play video recordings of their forensic interviews for the jury. We affirm.

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