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222334P.pdf 05/18/2023 United States v. Derrick Walker
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 22-2334
U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota - Western
[PUBLISHED] [Gruender, Author, with Colloton and Melloy, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - Criminal law. Defendant's challenges to the search warrant
application in the case were not raised below and are waived; in any
event, the challenges are premised on a basic factual misunderstanding of
the evidence, and the district court did not abuse its discretion by
denying the suppression motion and defendant's request for a Franks
hearing; even if a particular video clip involving another man was
admissible, the district court did not abuse its discretion in deciding to
exclude it under Rule 403 as it did not depict sexual exploitation and had
only marginal relevance to the issue of defendant's guilt on the charge of
sexual exploitation of a child; further it presented a considerable risk
of unfair prejudice to the government's witness; additionally, the point
defendant sought to make was raised by other evidence; defendant failed to
show the district court's instruction on aiding and abetting was plainly
erroneous.