Legal Opinion
United States v. Spotted Elk
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 26, 2008No. 07-1914, 07-1923, 07-1925, 07-1931, 07-1937PublishedCited by 118 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
This is the appeal of five defendants convicted of multiple drug and gun crimes in connection with their operation of a drug trafficking business on the Pine Ridge Oglala Sioux Reservation in South Dakota.
Geraldine Blue Bird argues that the district court erred in failing to suppress evidence discovered as a result of Fourth Amendment violations; in allowing the government to strike one venire-member and in excusing another venire-member for cause; in entering a judgment of conviction for gun and drug offenses without sufficient evidence; in allowing hearsay…
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