United States v. Jackson, No. 18-1482 (8th Cir. 2019)
Annotate this CaseThe Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for crimes related to his role in a bank robbery. The court held that the district court did not abuse its discretion by admitting three Facebook videos into evidence where the videos were sent to defendant's friends in the days leading up to the robbery. In this case, the videos constituted intrinsic evidence and the district court did not abuse its discretion by admitting the videos based on the high probative value in comparison to the potential prejudice. The court also held that the district court gave the precise jury instruction that defendant requested and defendant never objected to it. Therefore, defendant's challenge to the instructions was unreviewable on appeal.
Court Description: Erickson, Author, with Benton and Beam, Circuit Judges] Criminal case - Criminal law. No error in admitting Facebook videos defendant had sent to friends in the days before he committed a bank robbery as the videos displayed firearms, demonstrated defendant's control over his co-defendant and spoke about robbing banks; the videos were intrinsic evidence and highly probative as to the elements of the offense, and the high probative value outweighed their potential prejudice; the district court gave the precise instruction defendant requested and he waived any right to contest it on appeal. [ January 18, 2019
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