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203506P.pdf 03/21/2022 United States v. Dustin Red Legs
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 20-3506
U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota - Central
[PUBLISHED] [Shepherd, Author, with Colloton and Kelly, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - Criminal law. Defendant challenges the district court's
decision to admit testimony of an expert witness for the government who
compared finger and knuckle creases in sexually explicit photos with
photos of defendant's fingers and knuckles to give an opinion as to the
identity of the person in the photos; the court need not decide whether
the district court abused its discretion in admitting the testimony
because any error in admitting the evidence was harmless in light of the
overwhelming evidence of defendant's guilt.