Legal Opinion

United States v. Littlewind

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided February 26, 2010No. 08-4000PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HANSEN, Circuit Judge.

Sylvester Littlewind appeals a judgment entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of assault with a dangerous weapon in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 118(a)(3) and 1153, assault resulting in serious bodily injury in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 113(a)(6) and 1153, and discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(a) and (iii). Littlewind challenges: (1) the district court’s 1 decision to admit evidence of prior bad acts, and (2) the sufficiency of the evidence adduced at trial to convict him. We affirm.

I

The evidence at trial, taken…

2Cases cited23 opinions

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3Cited by23 opinions

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