Legal Opinion
United States v. Harold Dean Johnson, A/K/A Harold Dean Blaine
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 10, 1989No. 88-5346PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAGILL, Circuit Judge.
Harold Dean Johnson was convicted of murder in the second degree, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §§ 1111, 1153. Johnson appeals on two grounds, alleging error in the admission of evidence of a prior act and in the application of the Sentencing Guidelines. We affirm.
I
On the afternoon of March 29, 1988, Johnson and his sister, Ila Johnson, visited Gary Bettelyoun, Sr. and his wife, Joyce Bettelyoun, at their home in Dante, South Dakota, on the Yankton Sioux Indian Reservation. When Marvin Blaine, who had earlier been at the Bettelyoun residence, returned, the Johnsons and the…
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