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as a courtesy to the reader. They are not part of the opinion of the court.
113852P.pdf 12/10/2012 United States v. Ted Grauer U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 11-3852 U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Davenport [PUBLISHED] [Loken, Author, with Murphy, Circuit Judge, and Jackson, District Judge]
Criminal case - Criminal law and sentencing. Cross-examination of defendant's expert on internet chat rooms covered an area that was highly probative and was properly permitted; prosecutor's closing argument was a fair comment on the trial evidence; evidence was sufficient to support defendant's conviction for possession of child pornography; no error in imposing an enhancement under Guidelines Sec. 2G1.3(b)(2)(A) where defendant misrepresented his age and other information in his chats with the victim. 121158P.pdf 12/10/2012 United States v. Luis Jasso U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 12-1158 U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Little Rock [PUBLISHED] [Colloton, Author, with Riley, Chief Judge, and Smith, Circuit Judge]
Criminal case - Criminal law. District court's decision to limit defendant's cross-examination of a witness's convictions in the 1970s did not violate defendant's Sixth Amendment right's as the cross- examination's connection with defendant's claim that the witness was biased was highly attenuated and defendant was permitted to introduce other evidence, including more recent convictions, to show bias; questions regarding defendant's brother's arrest was cumulative to other properly admitted evidence and was relevant to explaining the conspiracy charged in the indictment. 121636U.pdf 12/10/2012 Eugene Makupa v. Eric H. Holder, Jr. U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 12-1636 Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals [UNPUBLISHED] [Per Curiam - Before Murphy, Arnold and Smith, Circuit Judges]
Petition for Review - Immigration. Immigration judge did not abuse his discretion by denying petitioner's request for a continuance. 121762U.pdf 12/10/2012 Dolandon Mack v. Tim Dillon U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 12-1762 U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Little Rock [UNPUBLISHED] [Per Curiam - Before Bye, Gruender and Benton, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - Civil Rights. Defendant's judgment affirmed without comment. 122236U.pdf 12/10/2012 Gui Sheng Li v. Eric H. Holder, Jr. U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 12-2236 Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals [UNPUBLISHED] [Per Curiam - Before Murphy, Arnold and Smith, Circuit Judges]
Petition for Review - Immigration. Adverse credibility finding was supported by substantial evidence, and petition for review is denied.