United States v. Thompson, No. 20-2781 (8th Cir. 2021)
Annotate this CaseThe Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction and sentence for attempting to entice a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity. The court concluded that the evidence was sufficient to support defendant's conviction; defendant's claims of several instances of prosecutorial misconduct were rejected; and there was no error in the district court's denial of defendant's motion to compel production of a sealed document explaining why a task force officer was involuntarily removed from the Homeland Security Investigations task force. In this case, the documents contain neither evidence directly related to defendant's case nor evidence that is material to his guilt or punishment.
Court Description: [Wollman, Author, with Colloton and Kobes, Circuit Judges] Criminal case - Criminal law. The evidence was sufficient to support defendant's conviction for attempting to entice a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity in violation of 18 U.S.C. Sec. 2422(b); claims of prosecutorial misconduct during the trial rejected; the district court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to order the production of a sealed document concerning the reasons for a Homeland Security agent's dismissal as it was not directly related to defendant's case or material to his guilt or punishment.
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