Legal Opinion
United States v. Dana Lee Cobenais
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 22, 2017No. 16-3420PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Circuit Judge.
A jury convicted Dana Lee Cobenais of one count of aggravated sexual abuse, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§1151, 1153(a), 2241(a)(1), 2246(2)(A), and 2246(2)(C). On appeal, Cobenais argues that the theory-of-defense jury instruction mentioning consent inaccurately stated the elements of the offense and the defense theory of the case. He also argues that the district court improperly curtailed his closing argument. We hold that the district court1 neither abused its discretion in giving the consent instruction nor in refusing counsel’s request for additional time to complete…
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