United States Tenth Circuit

Defendant's conviction under the Interstate Transportation of a Minor for Unlawful Sexual Relations Act is affirmed where: 1) the evidence of defendant's prior sexual assault against a fourteen-year-old boy was strikingly similar to the charged offense and helped the jury determine the validity of the victim's accusations; 2) the jury instructions as a whole were not misleading; and 3) the expert testimony explained the characteristics and techniques of sex offenders in a way helpful to the jury.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/23/2010
• Published 04/23/2010

Judges

• TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judge., Before LUCERO, BALDOCK, and TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Submitted on the briefs: Michael J. Krampner, Krampner, Fuller & Associates Attorneys At Law, L.L.C., Casper, WY, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Stephanie I. Sprecher, Assistant United States Attorney, David A. Kubichek, Assistant United States Attorney, and Christopher A. Crofts, United States Attorney, District of Wyoming, Office of the United States Attorney, Casper, WY, for Appellee.