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UNITED STATES v. PELTIER

No. 80-1095.

693 F.2d 96 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Leonard PELTIER, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided November 23, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce Ellison, Rapid City, S.D., for defendant-appellant.

Lourdes Baird, Asst. U.S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., argued, for plaintiff-appellee; Andera Sheridan Ordin, U.S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., on brief.

Before GOODWIN and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and GILLIAM, District Judge.

PER CURIAM.

Leonard Peltier appeals his conviction of escape from a federal prison in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 751, and of being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C.App. § 1202(a). Peltier contends that he was denied adequate cross-examination of a government witness, and that he was improperly restricted in presenting his theory of defense.

In an unpublished decision on March 20, 1981, we remanded for a new trial because...

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