Legal Opinion

United States v. Elbert

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided April 6, 2009No. 08-1247PublishedCited by 46 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RILEY, Circuit Judge.

Don L. Elbert, II (Elbert) pled guilty, pursuant to a plea agreement, to one count of sex trafficking of a child in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1591. Elbert reserved his right to appeal the district court’s 1 denial of his three pretrial motions to admit evidence of the victims’ alleged sexual behavior. Elbert now appeals, claiming the district court’s exclusion of evidence the victims allegedly engaged in other acts of prostitution before and after the charged offenses violated his Fifth Amendment right to due process and his Sixth Amendment right to confront the witnesses…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. United States v. SchefferSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
  2. Michigan v. LucasSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  3. United States v. Edward E. Bordeaux, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2005
  4. United States v. John David BartlettCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988
  5. United States v. Cecil Eugene Ballew, A/K/A Eugene BallewCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994

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3Cited by46 opinions

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