Legal Opinion

United States v. Henry Saunders

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided August 23, 1991No. 90-5515PublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:

Henry Saunders was convicted by a jury of aggravated sexual abuse under 18 U.S.C. § 2241(a) and was sentenced as a career offender to 360 months imprisonment. 743 F.Supp. 444. On appeal he contends that the district court erred in excluding evidence, under Fed.R.Evid. 412, that the complaining witness was a “skeezer” (a prostitute who trades sex for drugs). He also contends that the government improperly intimidated his witnesses; that the court erroneously refused to give his proposed jury instruction on aggravated sexual assault; and that a leading question by…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Olden v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  3. United States v. Larry Hammond, A/K/A Larry HooverCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
  4. United States v. Jack Randall MacCloskeyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1982
  5. United States v. Manuel Jesus TorresCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1991

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3Cited by42 opinions

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  3. United States v. Harvey Keith Smith, United States of America v. Richard H. Palmer, United States of America v. Susan J. Grimm, A/K/A Joan EdwardsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1995
  4. United States v. Jerome ThomasCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1995
  5. United States v. Charles H. Foster, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1998

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