Legal Opinion
United States v. Robert Ford
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 8, 2013No. 12-3687PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Circuit Judge.
Robert Ford was charged with sexual abuse of an incapacitated person, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2242(2), 2246(2)(A), and 1152 (“Count 1”) and kidnapping, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1201(a)(2) and 1152 (“Count 2”). A jury acquitted Ford of sexual abuse but convicted him of kidnapping. On appeal, Ford contends that his acquittal on the sexual abuse count requires an acquittal on the kidnapping count as a matter of law. He argues that the district court 1 erred in issuing two supplemental jury instructions and in denying his motions for judgment of acquittal and for a…
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