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082032P.pdf 07/17/2009 United States v. LaMont Papakee
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 08-2032
and No: 08-2037
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa - Cedar Rapids
[PUBLISHED][Colloton, Author, with Bright and Shepherd, Circuit Judges]
Criminal Case - conviction and sentence. In consolidated appeals from
conviction for sexual abuse, district court did not err in excluding
victim's statement to sheriff that he was "cute" and her proposal, as
the statements were "other sexual behavior" under Rule 412(a)(1).
Evidence was sufficient to support verdict against both defendants.
District court did not clearly err in finding offense of conviction
involved conduct described in section 2241(a) and that a 4-level
enhancement under section 2A3.1(b)(1) was appropriate. Claim of error of
career offender status was harmless, as district court would have imposed
same sentence absent career offender status. Sentence was not unreasonable.
Judge Bright concurs regarding opposition to use of acquitted conduct in
determining sentence.