United States v. Kermit Oris Bear Stops

HANSEN, Circuit Judge.

Kermit Oris Bear Stops appeals his conviction of aggravated sexual abuse of P.M., in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2241(c) and 2245(2)(A) (count I); his conviction of aggravated sexual abuse of his “son,” 1 B.B., in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2241(c) and 2245(2)(A) (count II); and his conviction of abusive sexual contact with B.B., in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2244(a)(1), 2241(c), -and 2245(3) (count III). Bear Stops challenges several evidentiary rulings made during the seven-day trial and claims that the district court erred in refusing to declare a mistrial. We reverse the…