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082668P.pdf 06/09/2009 Ross Parkhurst v. Chad Belt
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 08-2668
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas - Ft. Smith
[PUBLISHED] [Murphy, Author, with Wollman and John R. Gibson,
Circuit Judge]
Civil case - torts. Evidence was sufficient to support the jury's verdict
that defendant sexually abused his seven-year-old daughter; district court
did not abuse its discretion in allow the victim to testify by closed circuit
television after it interviewed her and determined that appearing in the
courtroom would be too traumatic for her.