Legal Opinion
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PLAINTIFF—APPELLEE v. FRITZ ARLO LOOKING CLOUD, DEFENDANT—APPELLANT
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 19, 2005No. 04-2173PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
Fritz Arlo Looking Cloud appeals his conviction for the first degree murder of Anna Mae Aquash following a jury trial. His grounds for appeal are: (1) admission of irrelevant, prejudicial evidence; (2) admission of hearsay and an improper limiting instruction; (3) ineffective assistance of counsel; and (4) insufficient evidence to support his conviction. The district court 1 sentenced him to life in prison. We affirm.
Aquash’s badly decomposed body was discovered in 1976, and police began to suspect fpul play after identifying her as having been involved with the…
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