United States v. Dennis W. Tyndall

MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

Dennis Tyndall was convicted of attempted aggravated sexual abuse, see 18 U.S.C. §§ 1153, 2241(a), following an incident involving a thirteen-year-old girl. In the same trial, Mr. Tyndall was acquitted of a charge of attempted aggravated sexual abuse arising from an incident a year later that involved a woman in her sixties. Mr. Tyndall appeals his conviction, contending that the district court 1 improperly joined the two charges for trial, failed to sever the counts, and failed to grant a mistrial. We affirm the conviction.

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Mr. Tyndall’s conviction…