United States v. Stuart Lee Sumner

WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

Stuart Lee Sumner appeals his convictions for aggravated sexual abuse and abusive sex ual contact, violations of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2241(c) & 2244(a)(1). We reverse and remand for new trial.

I

Sumner was charged with touching the genitals of the victim, D.D., on two occasions and with once having her touch his genitals. At the time of the alleged incidents, Sumner was living with D.D.’s mother on the Red Lake Indian Reservation in Minnesota. The jury found Sumner guilty on all three counts, and the district court sentenced him to 210 months’ imprisonment.

Sumner argues that the…