Child Sex Abuse Conviction, Indian Country Finding Upheld By 8th Circuit

Mealey's (August 4, 2022, 12:56 PM EDT) -- ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Aug. 3 affirmed the conviction and more than seven-year prison sentence for a man found guilty of abusive sexual contact of a minor, finding in part that there was sufficient evidence to establish that the offense of conviction occurred on Indian land....