United States v. Hassan, No. 15-3828 (8th Cir. 2016)
Annotate this CaseDefendant appealed his conviction for robbery after he and three others stole approximately $150 in cash and several cartons of cigarettes from a convenience store gasoline station. The court concluded that the evidence in the record supports the jury's conclusion that defendant had the requisite mens rea and intent for robbery and was not merely present at the scene; the government did not violate Brady v. Maryland by virtue of its use of video taken from the convenience store of the robbery (Exhibit 1) because the government had disclosed the entire video prior to trial; and there is no question that Exhibit 1 was correctly authenticated and that a proper foundation was laid for the exhibit. Accordingly, the court affirmed the conviction.
Court Description: Beam, Author, with Riley, Chief Judge, and Loken, Circuit Judge] Criminal case - Criminal law. Evidence was sufficient to support the jury's conclusion that defendant had the requisite mens rea and intent to commit robbery and was not merely present at the scene; defendant was given a video containing all camera angle video clips, and the government's decision to use only a portion of the clips at trial did not create a Brady issue.
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