Legal Opinion
United States v. Papakee
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 17, 2009No. 08-2032, 08-2037PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLLOTON, Circuit Judge.
LaMont William Papakee and Connie Frances Blackcloud were convicted by a jury of committing sexual abuse against a Native American woman, L.D., in Indian country. The district court1 sentenced Papakee and Blackcloud to 360 months’ and 262 months’ imprisonment, respectively. Both defendants appeal, challenging an evidentiary ruling made at trial, the sufficiency of the evidence supporting their convictions, and their sentences. We affirm.
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L.D. is a member of the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska. In August 2006, L.D. left her tribe in Nebraska and moved to the Sac and Fox Tribe…
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- Begay v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
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- Michigan v. LucasSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
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3Cited by38 opinions
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