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151586P.pdf 04/28/2016 United States v. Jerry Golliher
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 15-1586
U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota - Rapid City
[PUBLISHED] [Smith, Author, with Bye and Benton, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - Criminal law. Claim of ineffective assistance of counsel
was not developed and would not be considered on direct appeal; defendant
failed to comply with the requirements of FRAP 28(a)(8)(A) with respect to
his claim that the district court erred in excluding certain emails by
failing to supply any citation to the record to show that the emails were
more probative than other evidence under the third prong of Rule 807, and
the court would not reverse on this issue; the district court did not
clearly err in answering the jury's question concerning the victim's age;
claims of prosecutorial misconduct (misstatements of law and improper
vouching) during closing argument rejected.