United States v. Leo Lecompte

RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge.

Before the trial of Leo LeCompte for the alleged sexual abuse of his wife’s 11-year-old niece, “C.D.,” under 18 U.S.C. §§ 2244(a)(1) and 2246(3) (1994), the defendant moved in limine to exclude evidence of prior uncharged sex offenses against another niece by marriage, “T.T.” The government argued that the evidence was admissible under Federal Rule of Evidence 414 (Evidence of Similar Crimes in Child Molestation Cases). The District Court excluded the evidence under Rule 403. The government appeals this evi-dentiary ruling. Such pretrial appeals are authorized…