United States v. Ernest Leonard Frazier, A/K/A "Dutch" Frazier

LAY, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from convictions involving willful assault on three counts in violation of South Dakota criminal statutes, SDCL §§ 22-18-11 and 12 (1967). Defendant is an Indian and the offenses occurred within the boundaries of the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation. Jurisdiction of the United States District Court is vested under 18 U.S.C. § 1153. The convictions are attacked on the alleged bases (1) that the government failed to show beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant could form the necessary guilty intent despite his alleged mental incompetency and (2) that…