Legal Opinion
United States v. Schrader
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 6, 1993No. Nos. 92-3727, 92-3728, 92-3936 and 92-3939PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Circuit Judge.
Charles Schrader, Lisa High Wolf, Clayton High Wolf, and Shaun Keith appeal their convictions for violating 18 U.S.C. § 111, which punishes any person who “forcibly assaults, resists, opposes, impedes, intimidates, or interferes with” federal officers engaged in the performance of official duties. We reverse the convictions because the district court erred in instructing the jury that the adverb “forcibly” modifies only the verb “assaults,” and not the other offense-defining verbs in the statute. We further conclude that the tribal officers in question were federal…
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