Legal Opinion

United States v. Dean Wilkens

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided February 6, 2014No. 12-3990PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SHEPHERD, Circuit Judge.

Dean Earl Wilkens was convicted after a jury trial of four counts of aggravated sexual abuse. Following his conviction, the district court 1 sentenced Wilkens to 360 months imprisonment. Wilkens appeals, claiming the court committed numerous trial errors and requesting the verdict be set aside and his conviction reversed or, in the alternative, that his sentence be vacated and the case remanded for a new trial. We affirm.

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In December 2011, a school social worker received an anonymous report that Wilkens was abusing a child residing in his home. At the time, Wilkens and…

2Cases cited33 opinions

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  2. Crane v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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  4. Holmes v. South CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
  5. United States v. Walter Morrison A/K/A "Skip" Morrison Appeal of Nick BosciaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976

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3Cited by23 opinions

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