Legal Opinion
United States v. Rodney Duane Weddell
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 28, 1989No. 89-5084PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.
Defendant, Rodney Duane Weddell, convicted of voluntary manslaughter in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1153 and 1112, appeals from the judgment of the district court, 1 claiming that the court erred in admitting testimony of prior bad acts. We affirm.
On Sunday, October 23, 1988, the Weddell family gathered for dinner at the home of Hazel Weddell in a rural area about seven miles south of Wagner, South Dakota. Among those present were defendant, his brother, Mike, and his sisters, Rose and Carol, together with the decedent, Ronald Gunhammer, Carol’s boyfriend.
After dinner,…
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