Fourstar
United States v. Fourstar
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM *
Appellant Anthony Fourstar, an Indian, appeals his conviction for attempted aggravated sexual abuse of a minor on an Indian reservation in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1153 and 2241(c). Fourstar raises three issues on appeal. First, he argues that the jury should have been given a special verdict form and a written copy of the jury instructions. Second, he challenges the admission of certain hearsay statements under both the Confrontation Clause and the Federal Rules of Evidence. Third, he challenges the sufficiency of the evidence. For the reasons stated in this disposition, we affirm. Because we presume that the parties are familiar with the facts of this case, we refer to them only as necessary in our analysis.
1. Special Verdict Form and Jury Instructions
Fourstar initially appears to be challenging the instruction itself, but then concedes that the special unanimity instruction read to the jury was proper. We thus consider only his arguments that the jury should have been given a special verdict form on which to indicate what the substantial step was, and that the jury should have been *605 given a written copy of the special unanimity instructions.