United States v. Phillip Henry Stands

BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

Phillip Stands, Waylon Duran, and Miguel Duran were tried by jury and were convicted of various crimes related to the beating of Gary Torrez. The defendants appeal. Finding no reversible error, we affirm the judgments of the District Court. 1

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The following summary of the facts reflects the evidence in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdicts. On the evening of October 28,1994, Phillip Stands and his wife, Candida Duran, attended several parties in Rosebud, South Dakota, on the Rosebud Indian Reservation. Phillip and Candida spent much of the evening in separate…