BUATTE v. UNITED STATES

No. 19912.

350 F.2d 389 (1965)

Lester Alvin BUATTE, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

August 24, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan Philip Bayham, Phoenix, Ariz., for appellant.

William P. Copple, U. S. Atty., Tom Karas, Asst. U. S. Atty., Phoenix, Ariz., for appellee.

Before HAMLEY, HAMLIN and DUNIWAY, Circuit Judges.


HAMLEY, Circuit Judge.

Lester Alvin Buatte appeals from a judgment convicting him of assault with intent to commit murder on the person of Dan Secody, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1152 and 113(a) (1964). Consideration of the grounds for reversal urged by Buatte requires that we first review prior criminal proceedings involving this defendant.

On April 7, 1962, Buatte shot and killed fourteen-year-old Alice Secody in her parents' tent on the Navajo...

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