Legal Opinion
United States v. Leo Lecompte
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 1, 1996No. 96-1308PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Circuit Judge.
Leo LeCompte appeals his conviction and sentence for abusive sexual contact with his eleven-year-old niece in Indian country. See 18 U.S.C. §§ 1153, 2244(a)(1), and 2246(3). We conclude that the district court abused its discretion under Rule 404(b) of the Federal Rules of Evidence by admitting testimony describing LeCompte’s prior sexual abuse of another child. Accordingly, we reverse and remand for a new trial.
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On the eve of trial, the government served notice that it would offer evidence that Le-Compte had previously molested three other children. The district court…
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