Legal Opinion
United States v. Richard J. Maestas
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided August 18, 1975No. 74-1799PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARRETT, Circuit Judge.
Richard J. Maestas (Maestas) appeals his jury conviction for the offenses of first-degree murder and rape committed in the Indian country.
Maestas — a non-Indian — was charged under 18 U.S.C. §§ 1152 and 2031, with the rapes of Phyllis Estevan and Mildred Louise Poncho, both Indians, and with the killing of Phyllis Estevan during the commission of rape, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1152 and 1111. Maestas was sentenced to terms of ten years on each of the rape charges, such sentences to run concurrently, and to a life imprisonment sentence on the murder charge to run…
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