UNITED STATES v. DeCOTEAU

No. 74-1825.

516 F.2d 16 (1975)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Stanley Maxim DeCOTEAU, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 14, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce E. Bohlman, Legal Clinic, Grand Forks, N. D., for appellant.

Eugene K. Anthony, Asst. U. S. Atty., Fargo, N. D., for appellee.

Before BRIGHT and STEPHENSON, Circuit Judges, and TALBOT SMITH, Senior District Judge.


BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

Stanley Maxim DeCoteau, an Indian, appeals from his jury conviction for involuntary manslaughter1 resulting from an automobile accident on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation in North Dakota. In urging reversal he argues two main points. First, he contends that to establish involuntary manslaughter, the Government must prove the unlawful act was the proximate cause of...

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