151936P.pdf   02/19/2016  United States  v.  Christopher Kobe Rainbow
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  15-1936
                          and No:  15-1937
   U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota - Bismarck   
   [PUBLISHED] [Wollman, Author, with Bright and Loken, Circuit Judges] 
   Criminal case - Criminal law. Admission of certificates prepared by a 
   tribal enrollment clerk certifying defendants' degree of Indian blood did 
   not violate their Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause rights as the clerk 
   prepared the certificates using records maintained in the ordinary course 
   of business by the Standing Rock Agency, and the BIA routinely issues 
   certificates in the administration of its affairs; additionally, the 
   government elicited testimony from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's deputy 
   superintendent for trust services that defendants were enrolled members of 
   the Tribe; no error in denying defendants' requests for 
   lesser-included-offense instructions as the instructions were not 
   supported by the evidence; trial court's questioning of the emergency room 
   doctor who treated the victim merely clarified the doctor's testimony and 
   was not grounds for reversal; evidence was sufficient to convict defendant 
   Jordan of assault with a dangerous weapon and assault resulting in serious 
   bodily injury.