Ahmed v. United States

After a jury trial, appellant Ahmed You-sef Ahmed (“Ahmed”) was convicted of first degree child sexual abuse, 1 second degree, child sexual abuse, 2 and incest. 3 The complaining witness in the case was Ahmed’s daughter (“H.A.”). On appeal, Ahmed argues that the trial court erred when it: 1) failed to remove two jurors for cause, forcing him to use his peremptory challenges to excuse the jurors, 2) excluded expert testimony on the way children remember and relate events, and 3) allowed H.A. to testify outside his presence. For the following reasons, we affirm.

FACTUAL SUMMARY

On February 22,…