Legal Opinion

United States v. Lewis Shuckahosee

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided January 9, 1980No. 78-1284PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McKAY, Circuit Judge.

Lewis Shuckahosee appeals from his conviction of two counts of premeditated murder. 1 He raises a number of issues for our consideration. He believes that there was no probable cause for his arrest and that a confession obtained immediately thereafter should have been excluded from his trial. He argues that the district court erred in refusing to give instructions on a posited insanity defense, on the credibility of accomplice testimony, on the limited credibility of intoxicated eyewitnesses, and on a “defense of another” defense. Finally, Shuckahosee believes the court…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Powell v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. United States v. AntelopeSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  4. United States v. JohnSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  5. David W. Wion v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1963

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. People v. FreeIllinois Supreme Court · 1983
  2. United States v. Reno SoundingsidesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1987
  3. United States v. Ricky Lee Sands, Muscogee (Creek) Nation and Seminole Nation of Oklahoma Cherokee, Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations, Amici CuriaeCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1992
  4. State v. WattsUtah Supreme Court · 1988
  5. United States v. Robert LyonsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984

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