Legal Opinion
United States v. Willie Wright
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 10, 1997No. 96-2978PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAGILL, Circuit Judge.
Willie Wright appeals his conviction for abusive sexual contact and aggravated sexual abuse. Wright argues that: (1) the evidence was not sufficient to sustain his conviction; (2) the district court 3 abused its discretion in allowing leading questions during the government examination of the victim; (3) the emergency room physician’s testimony as to his sexual abuse examination was improper bolstering; (4) the district court both improperly allowed a government expert to testify as to hearsay and prohibited the defense from examining the expert regarding the victim’s…
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3Cited by43 opinions
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