Legal Opinion
United States v. Batton
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided April 23, 2010No. 09-8079PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judge.
William J. Batton was prosecuted and convicted for transporting a fourteen-year-old family friend to Chicago, where he sexually assaulted him. After receiving a sentence of 360 months under the Interstate Transportation of a Minor for Unlawful Sexual Relations Act, 18 U.S.C. § 2423(a), Batton appeals, raising three trial errors.
Batton contends the district court erred when it: (1) admitted evidence of a past conviction of a sexual offense against a fourteen-year-old family friend; (2) gave an improper jury instruction regarding the relevancy of the prior sexual…
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