UNITED STATES v. CZECK

Nos. 81-1996, 81-1997.

671 F.2d 1195 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Martin Robert CZECK, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Lester Gary VAN WERT, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 8, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marc G. Kurzman, Kurzman, Shapiro & Manahan, Minneapolis, Minn., for appellant Czeck.

Scott F. Tilsen, Asst. Federal Defender, argued, Minneapolis, Minn., for appellant Van Wert.

James M. Rosenbaum, U. S. Atty., James A. Morrow, Asst. U. S. Atty., D. Minn., argued, Minneapolis, Minn., Tammy Pust-Norton, Legal Intern, for appellee.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, ROSS and ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.


ROSS, Circuit Judge.

Martin Robert Czeck and Lester Gary Van Wert appeal their jury convictions on one count of assaulting a federal officer in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 111, 1114 and 2. Appellants contend (1) that the indictment failed to allege an essential element of the offense charged and was therefore defective; (2) that the trial court erred in refusing to instruct the jury on the definition of a dangerous weapon; and (3) that appellant Czeck was...

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