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121164P.pdf 11/26/2012 United States v. Scott Boyle
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 12-1164
U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota - Fargo
[PUBLISHED] [Colloton, Author, with Riley, Chief Judge, and Beam,
Circuit Judge]
Criminal case - Criminal law. Assuming the instructions did not inform
the jury to exclude the still images charged in dismissed count one from
their consideration of count two charging production of a videotape of child
pornography, the alleged shortcoming in the instruction did not require
setting aside the conviction; claim that defendant was subjected to double
jeopardy because the conviction in count two was premised on conduct
charged in the dismissed count one is rejected; decision to turn off the
public gallery monitor when the tape was played was not plain error;
evidence was sufficient to support defendant's conviction for sexual
exploitation of a minor and possession of materials depicting sexual
exploitation.