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Timestamp: 2017-11-19 00:56:45
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1153', '§ 1153', '§ 1153', '§ 1153', '§ 1153', '§ 1153']

Geshik-O-Binese Martin, Defendant - Appellant; United States of America, Plaintiff - Appellee
David John Martin, Defendant - Appellant; United States of America, Plaintiff - Appellee
Edward McCabe Robinson, Defendant - Appellant
Petition for certiorari filed at, 03/18/2015
For United States of America, Plaintiff - Appellee (13-2410, 13-3221, 14-1039): Deidre Yvonne Aanstad, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Nathan Paul Petterson, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, District of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
Geshik-O-Binese Martin, Defendant - Appellant (13-2410), Pro se, Jonesville, VA.
For Geshik-O-Binese Martin, Defendant - Appellant (13-2410): Mark D. Nyvold, Fridley, MN.
For David John Martin, Defendant - Appellant (13-3221): Paul C. Engh, Minneapolis, MN.
David John Martin, Defendant - Appellant (13-3221), Pro se, Marion, IL.
Edward McCabe Robinson, Defendant - Appellant (14-1039): Caroline Durham, DURHAM LAW OFFICE, Saint Paul, MN.
For Edward McCabe Robinson, Defendant - Appellant (14-1039), Pro se, Pine Knot, KY.
A jury convicted Geshik-O-Binese Martin and Edward Robinson of robbing and murdering Craig Roy and Darla Beaulieu on the Red Lake Indian Reservation in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1153. David Martin was acquitted of the murder charges but also convicted of robbery under § 1153. Geshik Martin, Edward Robinson, and David Martin now appeal.
In August 2012, Geshik Martin, Robinson, David Martin, Needham, George Martin, and Stately were charged under 18 U.S.C. § 1153 for robbery and the deaths of Roy and Beaulieu. Geshik Martin, Robinson, David Martin, and George Martin were also charged with first and second degree murder in violation of § 1153. Section 1153(a) allows the government to prosecute certain " offenses committed within Indian country," including any Indian who has committed murder or robbery against another person. 18 U.S.C. § 1153(a). Geshik Martin signed a stipulation of fact prior to trial stating " the following facts are true and the jury must treat these facts as having been proven at trial: The defendant is an Indian." Stately and Needham pled guilty prior to trial without contesting their Indian status under § 1153(a). Although Robinson also did not contest his Indian status, he moved to sever due to antagonistic defenses
among the codefendants. While Robinson intended to testify that he had not been present at Roy's home during the murders, Geshik Martin intended to testify that all defendants had been present but that they had not planned to murder Roy. The district court denied the motions to sever, stating that " with the ...