UNITED STATES v. SHUCKAHOSEE

No. 78-1284.

609 F.2d 1351 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lewis SHUCKAHOSEE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Decided November 15, 1979.

Rehearing Denied January 9, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard D. Munker, Wichita, Kan., for defendant-appellant.

Roger M. Theis, Asst. U. S. Atty., Topeka, Kan. (with James P. Buchele, U. S. Atty., Topeka, Kan., on brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before HOLLOWAY, BARRETT and McKAY, Circuit Judges.


McKAY, Circuit Judge.

Lewis Shuckahosee appeals from his conviction of two counts of premeditated murder.1 He raises a number of issues for our consideration. He believes that there was no probable cause for his arrest and that a confession obtained immediately thereafter should have been excluded from his trial. He argues that the district court erred in refusing to give instructions on a posited insanity defense, on the credibility of...

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