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Sexual Assault
United States v. Holly,  No. 05-7130 (10th Cir., June 12, 2007) (Published):  Jury Instructions; Sexual Assault:  Holly was the Sheriff of Latimer County.  He was also apparently having a lot of sex with female inmates under his charge.  The feds swooped in and charged him with fourteen criminal counts including five counts of deprivation of civil rights under color of law involving aggravated sexual abuse.  In this opinion, the panel found error in the jury instructions defining aggravated sexual abuse and reversed four counts.  The panel found no error in the trial court's definition of "force" but found error in the jury instruction that defined "fear."
 
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