Legal Opinion
United States v. Alfred Marion Spoonhunter, Sr.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided April 10, 1973No. 72-1600PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARRETT, Circuit Judge.
Alfred Marion Spoonhunter, Sr., appeals from a jury conviction of guilty and subsequent sentence wherein he was charged with the commission of the crime of forcible rape on the person of Beatrice Mae Potter on July 13, 1971, within the Wind River Indian Reservation, Wyoming. His sentence was entered July 21, 1972, for a term of five years pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 4208(a) (2).
The defense was that of alibi. Although the appellant did not testify at trial, his wife, his brother, and some five or six additional witnesses testified that on the evening of the alleged rape the…
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