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UNITED STATES v. PELTIER

Crim. No. C77-3003 (Civ. No. A3-82-60).

553 F.Supp. 886 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff/Respondent, v. Leonard PELTIER, Defendant/Petitioner.

United States District Court, D. North Dakota, Southeastern Division.

December 29, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rodney S. Webb, U.S. Atty., D.N.D., Fargo, N.D., Evan L. Hultman, U.S. Atty., N.D. Iowa, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Richard Vosepka, Asst. U.S. Atty., D. Minn., Minneapolis, Minn., Lynn E. Crooks, Asst. U.S. Atty., D.N.D., Fargo, N.D., for plaintiff/respondent.

William M. Kunstler, New York City, Michael E. Tigar and John J. Privitera, Tigar, Buffone & Doyle, Washington, D.C., Bruce Ellison, Rapid City, S.D., for defendant/petitioner.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

BENSON, Chief Judge.

On June 26, 1975, Special Agents Jack Coler and Ronald Williams of the Federal Bureau of Investigation were killed on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota while carrying out an official duty assignment on the reservation. While traveling together, in separate cars, on a reservation road, the agents were fired on from a secluded area on high ground some distance away. Both agents were wounded from the...

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