UNITED STATES v. LONG ELK

No. 86-5132.

805 F.2d 826 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Chauncey Wesley LONG ELK, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided November 21, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dale A. Wein, Aberdeen, S.D., for appellant.

Robert A. Mandel, Asst. U.S. Atty., Pierre, S.D., for appellee.

Before HEANEY and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judges, and DUMBAULD, Senior District Judge.


WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

Defendant, Chauncey Wesley Long Elk, an American Indian, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §§ 1153 and 1112 and was sentenced to twenty-seven months' imprisonment.1

Defendant raises two points on appeal: (1) he could not commit the crime of reckless or careless driving under Title XI Section 106 of the Standing Rock Sioux...

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