United States v. Bercier

LOKEN, Chief Judge.

A jury convicted Duane Bercier of aggravated sexual abuse and abusive sexual contact in Indian country in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2241(a)(1), 2244(a)(1), and 1153. The victim was his sister’s eighteen-year-old foster daughter, Cheryl Blue. Bercier appeals the conviction, raising numerous issues. We reject the contention that the evidence was insufficient to convict but conclude that the district court abused its discretion in admitting hearsay testimony by an examining physician recounting in considerable detail what the victim said in a hospital interview about the…