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UNITED STATES v. WEDDELL

No. 77-1177.

567 F.2d 767 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Walter James WEDDELL, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 8, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kent A. Higgins, Bismarck, N. D., for appellant.

James S. Hill, Asst. U. S. Atty., Bismarck, N. D., argued, James R. Britton, U. S. Atty., Fargo, N. D., on brief, for appellee.

Before GIBSON, Chief Judge, and LAY and STEPHENSON, Circuit Judges.

STEPHENSON, Circuit Judge.

Walter James Weddell appeals from his conviction by a jury on two counts of murder in the second degree.1 In this appeal Weddell raises numerous issues including the district court's jurisdiction, the propriety of various instructions given to the jury, and the district court's refusal to appoint a second defense attorney. We affirm.

The record reveals that on November 11, 1976, appellant Weddell fired...

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