Legal Opinion
United States v. Banks
District Court, D. South Dakota
Decided August 20, 1974No. CR73-5034, CR73-5062, CR73-5035 and CR73-5063PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION
NICHOL, Chief Judge.
In this case arising from events which took place at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, during the 71 day period from February 27, 1973, to May 8, 1973, at the close of the government’s ease, the defendants Means and Banks have moved for judgment of acquittal as to all eight counts of indictments 73-5034-5 and the two counts of indictments 73-5062-3. This trial is a consolidation of two of the Wounded Knee Occupation leadership cases. The two defendants, Means and Banks, were identically charged in the first two indictments, as follows: Count I, with burglary…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- United States v. KagamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Choate v. TrappSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- United States v. SissonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- United States v. Bill Miles SkillmanCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by22 opinions
- United States v. Leonard Crow DogCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
- United States v. BanksDistrict Court, D. South Dakota · 1974
- United States v. Red FeatherDistrict Court, D. South Dakota · 1975
- United States v. McArthurDistrict Court, D. North Dakota · 1976
- United States v. Russell Means, United States of America v. Dennis BanksCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
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