Legal Opinion
United States v. Gerald Lester, A/K/A Jerry Stretches
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 14, 1981No. 80-2129PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Circuit Judge.
Gerald Lester was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the beating death of Owen Wise Spirit. 1 On appeal he claims that the district court 2 erred in denying his motion to suppress certain articles of clothing allegedly seized by a tribal jail officer in violation of his right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures. We affirm.
On July 6,1980, officers of the Bureau of Indian Affairs at Fort Yates, North Dakota were informed of the possible beating death of Owen Wise Spirit. Wise Spirit was an American Indian residing in Cannonball, North Dakota, which is…
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