United States v. Sherman T. Peneaux

MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

A jury convicted Sherman Peneaux on-four counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child, T.P., and on two counts of assault, and the district court 1 imposed concurrent sentences of 180 months for the sexual abuse offenses and 60 months for the assault convictions. Peneaux appeals, arguing that there was insufficient evidence to sustain his convictions, that hearsay statements were improperly admitted, and that his constitutional right to confrontation was violated. We affirm.

I

In March 2002 the South Dakota Department of Social Services (DSS) removed T.P. and her siblings,…