181138P.pdf   02/20/2019  United States  v.  Chavez Spotted Horse
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  18-1138
   U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota - Aberdeen   
   [PUBLISHED] [Erickson, Author, with Loken, Circuit Judges, and Magnuson, 
   District Judge] 
   Criminal Case - conviction. On appeal from conviction for child abuse and 
   assault with a dangerous weapon, district court did not abuse its 
   discretion in defining "dangerous weapon" in jury instructions, as it 
   fairly tracked the statute requiring intent to do bodily harm, not serious 
   bodily harm, and, in any event, any error was harmless; district court 
   properly denied the instruction on the reasonable use of disciplinary 
   force by a guardian as a defense because no reasonable jury could have 
   found that this use of force was "reasonable in manner and moderate in 
   degree." The district did not err in excluding testimony nor abuse its 
   discretion by denying a motion for mistrial following the district court's 
   revision of in limine order.