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171294P.pdf   12/21/2017  United States  v.  Michael Thomas
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  17-1294
   U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska - Omaha   
   [PUBLISHED] [Benton, Author, with Shepherd and Kelly, Circuit Judges] 
   Criminal Case - conviction. Evidence was sufficient to support jury 
   verdict for assaulting an intimate partner by suffocation or attempted 
   suffocation, notwithstanding juror's statement to the judge after the 
   verdict that they did not think the defendant intended to hurt the victim; 
   the victim's testimony was corroborated by witnesses; and the victim's 
   testimony supports a finding of recklessness. Jury's statement using the 
   word negligence is not evidence the jury did not follow the instructions.