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UNITED STATES v. PELTIER

Cr. No. C77-3003.

609 F.Supp. 1143 (1985)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Leonard PELTIER, Defendant.

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

May 22, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lynn Crooks, Fargo, N.D., Richard Vosepka, Jr., Asst. U.S. Attys., Minneapolis, Minn., Evan Hultman, Sioux City, Iowa, Rodney Webb, U.S. Attys., Fargo, N.D., for plaintiff.

William Kunstler, New York City, John J. Privitera, Buffone & Privitera, PC, Washington, D.C., Lewis Gurwitz, Flagstaff, Ariz., Bruce Ellison, Rapid City, S.D., Vine V. Deloria, Tucson, Ariz., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

BENSON, Chief Judge.

On April 18, 1977, a jury found Leonard Peltier guilty on two counts of first degree murder for his participation in the murder of two FBI agents on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 1111, and 1114. The court of appeals affirmed the judgment of conviction on direct appeal. United States v. Peltier, 585 F.2d 314 (8th...

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