United States v. Robert Webster

BENTON, Circuit Judge.

A jury convicted Robert Dion Webster, an Indian, of aggravated sexual abuse of a child, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2241(c) as extended by 18 U.S.C. § 1152. Webster appeals. Having jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, this court affirms.

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Section 2241(c) outlaws aggravated sexual abuse of a child younger than 12 “in the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States.” 18 U.S.C. § 2241(c). It is a chapter 109A felony.

Section 1152 “provides federal jurisdiction for crimes occurring within Indian country between an Indian and a non-Indian.” United States…