United States v. Donald Wayne Yellow

How courts have described this case

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• explaining that the Eighth Circuit has “consistently upheld the admission of statements made to psychologists or trained social workers” that otherwise meet the rule’s requirements
• stating that the rule could apply to a child victim’s statements to “psychologists or trained social workers”
• deeming admissible under Fed. R. Evid. 404(b) \evidence that a defendant committed prior sexual assaults against the victim [a]s relevant in identifying defendant as the person who committed the assault charged in the indictment\
• deeming admissible under Fed. R. Evid. 404(b) \evidence that a defendant committed prior sexual assaults against the victim [a]s relevant in identifying defendant as the person who committed the assault charged in the indictment\
• prior sexual abuse of victim relevant and not unduly prejudicial in relation to rape charge
• “Here, the evidence . . . was no doubt prejudicial, but primarily because its probative value was great.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).