United States v. Charles Porter

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS NOV 15 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 22-10286

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 1:21-cr-00042-JLT-SKO-1 v.

CHARLES PORTER, MEMORANDUM*

Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Jennifer L. Thurston, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted August 21, 2024 San Francisco, California

Before: BERZON, BRESS, and VANDYKE, Circuit Judges.

Charles Porter appeals his convictions for various sexual assault offenses

within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States after he tried to rape T.D., a

male acquaintance, in Yosemite National Park. See 18 U.S.C. §§ 113(a)(1)–(2),

113(a)(4), 2241(a)(1), 2244(b). Porter argues that the district court erred in

admitting the testimony of Porter’s former girlfriend, A.H., under Federal Rule of

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.…