173592P.pdf   12/18/2018  United States  v.  Clark Betts, Jr.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  17-3592
   U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Des Moines   
   [PUBLISHED] [Shepherd, Author, with Loken and Benton, Circuit Judges] 
   Criminal case - Criminal law. The district court did not err in limiting 
   defendant's cross-examination of one of the victims in this sex 
   trafficking prosecution as defendant was able to get across the crux of 
   his defense in the questions which were permitted; further, the victim 
   admitted there were inconsistencies between her trial testimony and her 
   prior interviews, and further cross-examination would not have given the 
   jury a significantly different impression of the witness's credibility; 
   the court did not err in excluding, under Rule 412, evidence that the 
   victims of defendant's sex trafficking continued to exchange sex for crack 
   after his arrest; defendant failed to file the Rule 412(c) motion giving 
   notice of his intent to introduce the evidence and the evidence was 
   inadmissible as it was irrelevant to the issue of whether defendant 
   trafficked the victims; in any event, evidence concerning the matter was 
   presented; no error in admitting other bad acts evidence as the evidence 
   was necessary to place his conduct with the victims, such as grooming, in 
   context.