U.S. v. BEGAY

Nos. 93-10165, 93-10167 to 93-10175.

42 F.3d 486 (1994)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John Nez BEGAY, Donald Benally, Paul Kinlicheenie, Earl Roy Lee, Peter MacDonald, Sr., Ned M. McKensley, Alfred Scott, Sr., Anna Sorrell, Evangeline Begay Wauneka, Kee Ike Yazzie, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided November 7, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jess A. Lorono, Phoenix, AZ, for defendant-appellant, John Nez Begay.

David M. Ochoa, Phoenix, AZ, for defendant-appellant, Donald Benally.

David L. Titterington, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Phoenix, AZ, for defendant-appellant, Paul Kinlicheenie.

Dana Carpenter, Phoenix, AZ, for defendant-appellant, Earl Roy Lee.

Bruce S. Griffin, Aspey, Watkins & Diesel, Flagstaff, AZ, for defendant-appellant, Peter MacDonald, Sr.

Douglas M. McVay, Phoenix, AZ, for defendant-appellant, Ned M. McKensley.

Michael Morales, Phoenix, AZ, for defendant-appellant, Alfred Scott, Sr.

C. Kenneth Ray, Jr., Phoenix, AZ, for defendant-appellant, Anna Sorrell.

George F. Klink, Phoenix, AZ, for defendant-appellant, Evangeline Begay Wauneka.

Stephen I. Leshner, Van O'Steen and Partners, Phoenix, AZ, for defendant-appellant, Kee Ike Yazzie.

Janet Napolitano, U.S. Atty. for Dist. of Arizona, Georgia B. Ellexson, Chief, Appellate Section, and Joseph J. Lodge, Asst. U.S. Atty., Phoenix, AZ, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before: SNEED, PREGERSON, and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges.


PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:

BACKGROUND

Appellants were among thirty-two individuals charged with various criminal offenses arising from events leading up to and including the civil disturbance of July 20th, 1989, at the Navajo Nation Administration and Finance Building in Window Rock, Arizona. On that day, supporters of Appellant Peter MacDonald, Sr., the former Chairman of the Navajo Tribal Council of Delegates, engaged in a violent confrontation with tribal...

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