UNITED STATES v. JOHN

No. 76-1518.

587 F.2d 683 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Smith JOHN and Harry Smith John, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 10, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin R. Smith, Meridian, Miss. (court-appointed), for defendants-appellants.

Robert E. Hauberg, U. S. Atty., Daniel E. Lynn, Asst. U. S. Atty., Jackson, Miss., Larry G. Gutterridge, Peter R. Taft, Asst. Atty. Gen., Edmund B. Clark, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before COLEMAN, GODBOLD and HILL, Circuit Judges.


ON REMAND FROM THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT

COLEMAN, Circuit Judge.

In October 1975, Smith John,1 a Choctaw Indian, was indicted by a federal grand jury for assault with intent to kill Artis Jenkins, a non-Indian, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1153 and 113(a).2 At the conclusion of the trial, Smith John requested and received instructions on the...

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