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· 10/29/2001

United States of America v. Lynn Duane Rayl

Citations

  • 270 F.3d 709
  • 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 23169
  • 2001 WL 1308478

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • stating that the \issue of witness credibility is virtually unreviewable on appeal because it is preeminently the job of the finder of fact\
  • noting that the trial court “should conduct a preliminary review of whether materials offered by the government for this purpose depict sexually explicit conduct as a matter of law”
  • upholding § 2251(a) conviction based on witness’s trial testimony that “embellished” facts as compared to witness’s statement to FBI
  • finding an ALJ may discount a treating physician’s opinion “if other medical assessments are supported by superior medical evidence, or if the treating physician has offered inconsistent opinions.”
  • finding an ALJ may discount a treating physician’s opinion “if other medical assessments are supported by superior medical evidence, or if the treating physician has offered inconsistent opinions.”
  • “[T]he question whether materials depict ‘lascivious exhibition of the genitals,’ an element of the crime, is for the finder of fact.”

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Judges: Loken, Hall, Rosenbaum

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