United States v. Terrance Bear Ribs, Sr.

Terrance Bear Ribs, Sr., appeals from his conviction of rape in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1153, 2031, and of carnal knowledge of a female under the age of sixteen in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1153, 2032. We affirm.

Bear Ribs contends that the trial court should have instructed the jury that assault is a lesser included offense of the crime of carnal knowledge. 1 In order for one crime to be a lesser included offense of another, the greater offense must require proof of every element necessary to show commission of the lesser, as well as proof of one or more additional elements. See Jeffers v.…