Legal Opinion
United States v. Brian Brown, Also Known as Brian Lee Brown
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 9, 2003No. 02-2782PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Chief Judge.
A jury convicted Brian Brown of kidnap-ing and aggravated sexual abuse of a child in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1201(a)(1) and 2241(c). The district court 1 sentenced him to concurrent terms of life in prison. On appeal, Brown argues that the district court violated the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), 42 U.S.C. § 2000bb-1, and the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment by granting the government’s motion for an involuntary blood sample for DNA testing; that the verdict form constructively amended the aggravated sexual abuse count in the indictment; that the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- United States v. HealySupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Jones v. MurrayCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1992
- Milton Weir, Plaintiff-Appellant/cross-Appellee v. Crispus Nix James Helling Mary Piper, Defendants-Appellees/cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1997
- Roe v. MarcotteCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1999
- Miller v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
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3Cited by36 opinions
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