U.S. v. CLAVETTE

No. 97-30119.

135 F.3d 1308 (1998)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Paul N. CLAVETTE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided February 6, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel Donovan, Assistant Federal Defender, Great Falls, Montana, for defendant-appellant.

Lori Harper, Assistant United States Attorney, Missoula, Montana, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before: WRIGHT, REAVLEY and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges.


REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from the conviction of Paul Clavette for killing a grizzly bear in violation of the Endangered Species Act, 16 U.S.C. §§ 1538(a)(1)(G) and 1540(b)(1). We affirm.

I. Background

On September 20, 1995, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Special Agent Tim Eicher began investigating the killing of a grizzly bear at a campsite southwest of Big Sky, Montana. At the campsite, Eicher discovered two pine trees...

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