United States v. Darrell Janis

BENTON, Circuit Judge.

A jury found Darrell E. Janis guilty of two counts of abusive sexual contact-one under 18 U.S.C. § 2244 (a)(1) and the other under § 2244(a)(3). Janis appeals his conviction, raising a jury instruction issue and an evidentiary issue. Having jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , this court affirms.

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Janis proposed a jury instruction he claims would have "inform[ed] the jury how it should deal with inferences arising from the evidence that are equally reasonable." The proposed instruction said:

Because of the presumption of innocence, if after considering the evidence in the…