Legal Opinion

United States v. Bruce Withorn, Jr.

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided February 22, 2000No. 99-1769PublishedCited by 48 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WOLLMAN, Chief Judge.

Bruce Withorn appeals from his conviction on one count of aggravated sexual abuse by the use of force, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2241(a), and one count of sexual abuse of a minor, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2243(a). He alleges evidentiary and constitutional errors. We affirm.

I

On July 7, 1998, Withorn beat and forcibly raped H.S., a 12-year-old girl, on the Crow Creek Sioux Indian Reservation. Withorn, an enrolled member of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe, was 19 years old at the time and was on federal probation as a result of a juvenile conviction for a firearms offense.…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
  3. Rhode Island v. InnisSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  4. Dowling v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  5. United States v. Reed Raymond PriorCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1997

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