United States v. Waupoose

DECISION ON APPLICABILITY OF 18 U.S.C. § 3559 AND ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE OF PLEA AGREEMENT

WILLIAM C. GRIESBACH, District Judge.

On October 16, 2007, David A. Waupoose, Jr., a member of the Menominee Indian Tribe, was indicted for the first degree murder of 8-week old J.A.M. on the Menominee Indian Reservation contrary to 18 U.S.C. §§ 1111(a) and 1153. Specifically, the indictment charged that the “killing occurred in the perpetration of child abuse against J.A.M., and as part of a pattern and practice of assault against J.A.M., who was more than six years younger than…