Legal Opinion
United States v. Velarde
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided June 2, 2000No. 99-2297PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHEN H. ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.
Mel Lambert Velarde appeals his conviction by a jury on one count of aggravated sexual abuse of a child, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2241(c), an offense committed within Indian country under 18 U.S.C. § 1153. He was sentenced to 135 months imprisonment. Because we conclude that the district court erred in permitting certain expert testimony, and that error was not harmless, we reverse and remand for a new trial.
BACKGROUND
Mr. Velarde, a member of the Jicarilla Apache Indian tribe, ran his family’s large ranch near Dulce, New Mexico. In July 1997, he entered…
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