Legal Opinion
United States v. John Fitzgerald Wallette
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 9, 2012No. 11-2215PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Circuit Judge.
A jury convicted John Fitzgerald Wallette of one count of aggravated sexual abuse of a child, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2241(c) and 1153. Wallette moved for a mistrial or, in the alternative, a new trial because one of the defense exhibits disappeared after the trial’s conclusion. The district court1 denied Wallette’s motion and sentenced him to 360 months’ imprisonment, followed by a lifetime of supervised release. The court also ordered that, upon his release, Wallette abstain from the use of alcohol and from possessing sexually explicit materials. On appeal,…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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