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UNITED STATES v. PELTIER

No. 77-1487.

585 F.2d 314 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Leonard PELTIER, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided September 14, 1978.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing October 27, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Kunstler, New York City (argued), and Michael E. Tigar, Washington, D. C. (argued), Arthur Kinoy, New York City, on brief for appellant.

Evan L. Hultman (former U. S. Atty.), Waterloo, Iowa (argued), Lynn E. Crooks, Asst. U. S. Atty., Fargo, N. D., Robert L. Sikma, Asst. U. S. Atty., Sioux City, Iowa, and Richard E. Vosepka, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Minneapolis, Minn., on brief for appellee.

Before GIBSON, Chief Judge, and ROSS and STEPHENSON, Circuit Judges.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc October 27, 1978.

ROSS, Circuit Judge.

On June 26, 1975, two Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Jack Coler and Ronald Williams, were murdered on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Leonard Peltier, Robert Eugene Robideau, Darrell Dean Butler, and James Theodore Eagle were charged with the murders in a two-count indictment for...

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