Legal Opinion
United States v. Calmer Cottier
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 16, 2018No. 17-3690PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ERICKSON, Circuit Judge.
In the early morning hours of July 12, 2015, Ferris Brings Plenty was murdered during a vicious group beating on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. For his role in the beating, Appellant Calmer Cottier was charged with Second Degree Murder (or aiding and abetting the same), Conspiracy to Commit Assault, and Solicitation to Commit a Crime of Violence. A jury found Cottier guilty of the murder and conspiracy counts. Cottier was acquitted of the solicitation count. The district court 1 sentenced Cottier to 210 months' imprisonment. Cottier raises five issues on…
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