United States v. Cyril S. Plumman, Also Known as Steve Plumman

How courts have described this case

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• affirming decision to admit 404(b) evidence where the “physical assault evidence ... provide[d] a reason why [the victim] did not contact law enforcement”
• finding evidence of prior assaults provided an “explanation for the [victims’] failure to report the sexual abuse for almost two years”
• noting the challenged evidence demonstrated a “culture of coercion” in the home
• finding the third prong met where the district court stated \I would not impose a life sentence but for the sentencing guidelines. . . . I think that the sentencing guideline as it's applied here is too harsh.\
• prior assaults admissible under Rule 404(b) because the “physical assault evidence . . . provide[d] a reason why [the victim] did not contact law enforcement”
• district court did not err by rejecting Batson challenge when “the prosecutor articulated multiple, non- discriminatory reasons for exercising peremptory challenges” and defense counsel failed to establish the reasons were a pretext for race discrimination

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).