Legal Opinion
United States v. Grey Bear
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 14, 1987No. Nos. 86-5264, 86-5265PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAY, Chief Judge.
This appeal arises from the joint trial of eleven defendants charged with the first degree murder of Jerome Edward Peltier on August 28, 1983, on the Devils Lake Indian Reservation. The government alleged that the defendants attacked Peltier at a party at the Juarez residence on the reservation, chased him to a highway, beat him, and left him lying in the road. One of the defendants, Richard John (Ricky) LaFuente, allegedly then drove over Peltier with LaFuente’s 1971 GMC Sprint (El Camino), resulting in Peltier’s death. The government’s investigation proved fruitless until…
2Cases cited36 opinions
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- United States v. PeoniCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1938
- DeCoteau v. District County Court for the Tenth Judicial DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by58 opinions
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