Legal Opinion
United States v. Charles Blue Bird
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 23, 2004No. 03-2544PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
After a jury convicted Charles Blue Bird of the sexual abuse of a minor under 18 U.S.C. § 2243(a), he appealed. Because we find that the district court erred in admitting evidence to which Mr. Blue Bird objected, and that the error was not harmless, we reverse his conviction.
I
It is undisputed that Mr. Blue Bird, who was nineteen years old at the time, had consensual sexual intercourse with the minor in this case, who was thirteen years old. Mr. Blue Bird is an Indian and the encounter at issue in this case took place in Indian Country, giving jurisdiction…
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