United States v. Dixon

HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

*1173 Following a jury trial in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, Defendant-Appellant Nikolle Denise Dixon was convicted on one count of embezzlement and theft from an Indian tribal organization, 18 U.S.C. § 1163 .

Prior to trial, Ms. Dixon filed a Notice of Defense of duress, on the theory that she faced an imminent threat of sexual assault from her stepfather and that her Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ("PTSD") caused her to believe that no recourse to escape that assault was available except through theft. More specifically, Ms. Dixon…