Legal Opinion
David Lee Rothgeb v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 25, 1986No. 85-1556PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge.
David Lee Rothgeb was found guilty of the murders of his wife and daughter, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1111. The murders occurred while the family was on a canoe trip in the Ozark National Scenic River-ways.1 He was sentenced to life imprisonment for the first degree murder of his wife, April Rothgeb, and was sentenced to two hundred ten years imprisonment for the second degree murder of his daughter, Windy Rothgeb. Rothgeb appeals his jury convictions arguing that the evidence was insufficient to convict him, that the trial court2 erred in admitting prejudicial…
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