UNITED STATES v. HEATH

No. 74-1624.

509 F.2d 16 (1974)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Betty Jean HEATH, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

December 26, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul R. Romain, Portland, Or., for defendant-appellant.

Tommy Hawk, Asst. U. S. Atty., Portland, Or., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BROWNING and TRASK, Circuit Judges and JAMESON, District Judge.


OPINION

JAMESON, District Judge:

Defendant-appellant, Betty Jean Heath, appeals from a conviction for voluntary manslaughter following a nonjury trial.

Proceedings in District Court

On August 3, 1973 appellant was charged by indictment as follows:

"That on or about July 18, 1973, at the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, within the Indian Country, in the District of Oregon, Betty Jean Heath, defendant herein, an Indian, did...

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