U.S. v. WARD

No. 91-6115.

957 F.2d 737 (1992)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joseph G. WARD, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

February 14, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger L. McMillian and Robert M. Murphy, Jr., Stillwater, Okl., for defendant-appellant.

Edward J. Kumiega, Asst. U.S. Atty. (Timothy D. Leonard, U.S. Atty., with him on the brief), Oklahoma City, Okl., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before LOGAN and McWILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and SPARR, District Judge.


McWILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

In a one-count indictment, Joseph G. Ward, an Indian, age 72 years, was charged with unlawfully engaging in sexual contact1 with F.R.T., a female Indian child, 10 years of age, on an Indian allotment in Oklahoma, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2244(a)(1). Ward filed a petition to enter a plea of no contest. This petition was granted, and Ward was allowed to plead no contest. After a pre-sentence report was...

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