· 6/24/1997
United States v. Meacham
Citations
- 115 F.3d 1488
- 47 Fed. R. Serv. 428
- 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 15252
- 1997 WL 348054
How courts have described this case
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- admitting evidence thirty years old and noting that no time limit is imposed on the remoteness of the uncharged offense
- noting Rule 414 “was not developed through the usual Judicial Conference rulemaking process, but by Congress itself”
- admitting evidence thirty years old and noting that no time limit is imposed on the remoteness of the uncharged offense
- applying the guideline provisions in the same manner to a similarly situated defendant
- affirming conviction for commercial trucker who primarily drove his truck for business, where jury could find that one of his dominant purposes for bringing a minor with him on a freight-hauling trip was to sexually molest her
- finding prior sexual conduct thirty years earlier was not too remote
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Judges: Seymour, Logan, Kelly
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