United States v. Angelo Stackhouse

I. Background

A. Factual Background Stackhouse’s convictions stem from the kidnapping and sexual assault of multiple women and young children between 2019 and 2020. 1. V.G. In September 2020, Stackhouse picked up V.G., his girlfriend’s 10-year-old sister, from her home in Billings, Montana, under the pretense of taking her to get her computer repaired. Rather than drive to the repair shop, he drove V.G. to a Dollar Store, where he purchased massage oil, and then to a local motel. After arriving at the motel,

1 Stackhouse appeals his conviction for kidnapping an Indian person within the boundaries of a reservation on evidentiary grounds. 18 U.S.C. §§ 1152, 1201(a)(1)–(2), 1201(g), and 3559(f)(2) (Count VI). We resolve that appeal in a memorandum disposition filed concurrently with this opinion.

USA V. STACKHOUSE

Stackhouse called someone and said, “I got her in the room.” Stackhouse then proceeded to set up a camera on the bedside table. He instructed V.G. to get undressed and rubbed oil over her, and then took photographs of her body. Stackhouse had a knife and Taser with him and told V.G., “If you scream no one’s gonna hear you.” He made V.G. perform…