UNITED STATES v. BEAR RUNNER

No. 77-1857.

574 F.2d 966 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Harold BEAR RUNNER, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 26, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce H. Ellison, Rapid City, S. D., on brief, for appellant.

David V. Vrooman, U. S. Atty., and Jeffrey L. Viken, Asst. U. S. Atty., Sioux Falls, S. D., for appellee.

Before LAY and BRIGHT, Circuit Judges, and VAN SICKLE, District Judge.


LAY, Circuit Judge.

Harold Bear Runner appeals a conviction based on a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1153 and S. D. Compiled Laws Ann. § 22-22-19 (1967) for incest. The government's evidence rested primarily on the testimony of the victim, defendant's 12 year old daughter.

Defendant asserts as error on appeal that reasonable doubt of his guilt exists as a matter of law since there was no corroboration of the victim's testimony; and that the trial court...

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