Legal Opinion
United States v. Roger Eagle Elk
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 15, 1981No. 81-1326PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Circuit Judge.
On October 1, 1980, the defendant, Roger Eagle Elk, was indicted for first degree murder under 18 U.S.C. §§ 1153 and 1111 (1976) in connection with the shooting death of Gary Dean Stoneman. On February 13, 1981, a jury found the defendant not guilty of first degree murder but guilty of second degree murder. The trial court 1 sentenced him to a forty year prison term. The defendant grounds this appeal upon the trial court’s alleged error in: (1) denying the defendant’s motions for a judgment of acquittal because of an insufficiency of evidence, and (2) denying the…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
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- Sansone v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Sparf v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Curley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1947
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3Cited by43 opinions
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