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UNITED STATES v. LITTLE BEAR

No. 78-1232.

583 F.2d 411 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Effie Sylvia LITTLE BEAR, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided September 19, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Orell D. Schmitz of Schlosser & Schmitz, Bismarck, N. D., filed brief for appellant.

James R. Britton, U. S. Atty., and James S. Hill, Asst. U. S. Atty., Bismarck, N. D., filed brief for appellee.

Before LAY, BRIGHT, and ROSS, Circuit Judges.

BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

Effie Sylvia Little Bear takes this direct appeal from her jury conviction for manslaughter for the stabbing of Charles Warren Byington, committed within the Standing Rock Sioux Indian Reservation in the District of North Dakota, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1112, 1153 (1976).1 The district court sentenced Ms. Little Bear to imprisonment for a term of two years. On this appeal Ms. Little Bear contends that...

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