BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.
Appellant John Wayne Wallette appeals his conviction of second degree murder in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1111 (1976). On November 5, 1977, appellant Wallette, an Indian, fatally shot Clarence Greatwalker, also an Indian, through the heart with a rifle. The incident occurred near Belcourt, North Dakota, and within the exterior boundaries of the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation. The district court sentenced appellant to a ten-year prison...
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