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WAKAKSAN v. UNITED STATES

No. 18208.

367 F.2d 639 (1966)

Joseph WAKAKSAN, Jr., Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

October 31, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold A. Dronen, Fargo, N. D., for appellant.

Gary Annear, Asst. U. S. Atty., Fargo, N. D., for appellee. John O. Garass, U. S. Atty., Fargo, N. D., was with him on the brief.

Before VOGEL, Chief Judge, MEHAFFY, Circuit Judge, and McMANUS, District Judge.

McMANUS, District Judge.

This is an appeal in forma pauperis from a jury conviction for voluntary manslaughter under 18 U.S.C.A. § 11121 The indictment charged appellant with killing Ida Poorbear, upon a sudden quarrel and in heat of passion, by stabbing her with a knife at Tokio, North Dakota on the Devils Lake Sioux Indian Reservation, where appellant was an enrolled Indian. Appellant was sentenced to nine years imprisonment...

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