UNITED STATES v. IRON SHIELD

No. 82-1718.

697 F.2d 845 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Mary Ann IRON SHIELD, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided January 21, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vance K. Hill, Bismarck, N.D., for appellant.

Rodney S. Webb, U.S. Atty., Jerome C. Kettleson and Charles S. Miller, Jr., Asst. U.S. Attys., Bismarck, N.D., for appellee.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.


ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

Mary Ann Iron Shield appeals her conviction in the District Court1 of the involuntary manslaughter of her husband, Sherman Iron Shield. The indictment charged murder in the second degree in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1153 and 1111. She argues that the trial court erred in instructing on the lesser included offense of involuntary manslaughter under 18 U.S.C. § 1112(a) and contests the sufficiency of...

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