United States v. Llewellyn Joseph Ireland, Also Known as Bucky Ireland, United States of America v. Tina Renee Desormeaux Ireland

RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge.

Llewellyn J. (Bucky) Ireland appeals his conviction for simple assault, and his wife, Tina Renee Desormeaux Ireland, appeals her conviction for assault with a dangerous weapon. We affirm in both cases.

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The evidence before the jury, viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, tended to show the following. On February 3, 1994, Charles Gipp, the victim, and Grace Le-Compte, 1 got into an argument at the Pelican Bar in Fort Yates, North Dakota. The argument escalated into an exchange of epithets, with Gipp asserting that “if Tina ever went out with him she…