United States v. Leonard Levesque, A/K/A Jason Levesque, and Raynard Levesque

LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

The appellants, Leonard and Raynard Levesque, are Passamaquoddy Indians. Because of their participation in certain violent events arising from a drunken brawl, they were prosecuted and convicted after a jury trial in the United States District Court for the District of Maine of having assaulted one Allen Dorn resulting in serious bodily injury. 18 U.S.C. § 1153. Federal prosecution was grounded on the theory, as alleged in the indictment, that the crime occurred “within the Indian country, to wit, the Passamaquoddy Indian Reservation, Peter Dana Point, Indian…