United States Ninth Circuit
US v. Cherer, 06-10642
A conviction and sentence for attempting to persuade, entice, or coerce a minor to engage in sexual acts with him is affirmed over claims that: 1) the district court committed prejudicial error by improperly instructing the jury; 2) the district court improperly admitted evidence of his past conviction and other prior bad acts under Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b); and 3) the sentence of 293-months was unreasonably long.
Appellate Information
- Decided 01/25/2008
- Published 01/25/2008
Judges
- Before: JOHN T. NOONAN and M. MARGARET McKEOWN, Circuit Judges, and DAVID G. TRAGER, District Judge.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Mario D. Valencia, Henderson, NV, for the appellant.
- For Appellees:
- Steven W. Myhre, Acting United States Attorney, Robert L. Ellman, Appellate Chief, and Nancy J. Koppe, Assistant United States Attorney, Las Vegas, NV, for the appellee.