Legal Opinion
United States v. Denny Johnson, Sr.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 29, 2017No. 16-3483PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHEPHERD, Circuit Judge.
Following a jury trial, Denny Johnson was sentenced to thirty years in prison for physically assaulting and raping his estranged wife. Johnson now challenges four of the district court’s 1 evidentiary rulings at trial, as well as the court’s application of sentencing enhancements for obstruction of justice and vulnerable victim. We affirm.
I. Background
Johnson and D.M. were married nearly seven years and had three young children together when D.M. filed for divorce in August 2013. D.M. and the children moved out of the couple’s home in Kenel, South Dakota, and into her…
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