Joseph Wakaksan, Jr. v. United States

McMANUS, District Judge.

This is an appeal in forma pauperis from a jury conviction for voluntary manslaughter under 18 U.S.C.A. § 1112 1 The indictment charged appellant with killing Ida Poorbear, upon a sudden quarrel and in heat of passion, by stabbing her with a knife at Tokio, North Dakota on the Devils Lake Sioux Indian Reservation, where appellant was an enrolled Indian. Appellant was sentenced to nine years imprisonment.

Claimed errors in the trial court are:

I. Prejudicial admission of an involuntary, signed statement, obtained dur ing illegal detention, and without advice of…