Legal Opinion
United States v. Richard John Lafuente, Also Known as Ricky Lafuente
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 19, 1993No. 91-3342PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.
Richard J. LaFuente appeals from the district court’s denial of his motion for a new trial based on allegations of newly discovered evidence and prosecutorial misconduct. We vacate the district court’s order and remand for an evidentiary hearing.
I
This case comes before us for the sixth time in as many years. On August 28, 1983, Jerome Edward (“Eddie”) Peltier was found dead on Highway 57 near Ski Jump Road on the Devils Lake Indian Reservation in North Dakota. An autopsy revealed that Peltier had died as a result of being run over by a motor vehicle. Although law…
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- United States v. LeisureCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988
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