United States v. Charboneau

LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

A jury convicted Anthony Charboneau of sexual abuse of a minor and abusive sexual contact in Indian country in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2243(a), 2244(a)(3), and 1153. Charboneau appeals the conviction, arguing that the district court 1 committed plain error when it permitted a government witness to violate Charboneau’s Sixth Amendment rights by referring to a forensic interview and medical report of one of the child victims. As the child declarant testified at trial and the medical report was not introduced into evidence, the Confrontation Clause as construed in Crawford…