U.S. v. WEDDELL

No. 89-5084.

890 F.2d 106 (1989)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Rodney Duane WEDDELL, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided November 28, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Todd Meierhenry, Sioux Falls, S.D., for appellant.

David L. Zuercher, Asst. U.S. Atty., Pierre, S.D., for appellee.

Before JOHN R. GIBSON and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judges, and BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge.


WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

Defendant, Rodney Duane Weddell, convicted of voluntary manslaughter in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1153 and 1112, appeals from the judgment of the district court,1 claiming that the court erred in admitting testimony of prior bad acts. We affirm.

On Sunday, October 23, 1988, the Weddell family gathered for dinner at the home of Hazel Weddell in a rural area about seven miles south of Wagner, South...

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