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972792P.pdf   02/25/1998  USA  v.  Lorry Van Chase
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  97-2792
                          and No:  97-2794
   District of North Dakota   
   Criminal Law; Evidence established assault within boundaries of the
   reservation; no error in admitting evidence of criminal conduct off
   reservation as it was part of a single course of conduct; no
   prejudice from jurors' brief exposure to defendant in restraints;
   court's questions regarding bias against Native Americans did not
   constitute plain error; no Speedy Trial Act violation because of
   continuances to test evidence