Legal Opinion
United States v. Allyn B. Hepp
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 14, 1981No. 80-1840PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HENLEY, Circuit Judge.
On April 24, 1979 Allyn Hepp was spending the evening socializing with friends at Al’s Royal 400, a filling and service station owned by Hepp in Rockwell City, Iowa. All of the companions including Hepp had been drinking. Although there was conflicting testimony, the jury evidently determined that while the men were taking turns shooting an antique type muzzle loader pistol, Hepp shot a hole in the natural gas (methane) meter in the basement of the station. Upon smelling an odor of gas, one of the group, Scott Sanders, turned off the gas. There is evidence that Hepp…
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