Judge Edward J. Devitt Papers, 1927-1992

Judge Edward J. Devitt Papers

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Collection Overview

Title: Judge Edward J. Devitt Papers, 1927-1992

ID: OGLMC1253

Primary Creator: Devitt, Edward J. (1911-1992)

Extent: 57.5 Linear Feet

Date Acquired: 05/00/1992

Subjects: Legal, University of North Dakota - Alumni

Languages: English

Abstract

1911-1992; Graduate of the UND School of Law, 1935; Ramsey County (MN) Probate Judge 1950-1954, District Court Judge for Minnesota, 1954-1981, Senior Judge status, 1981-1992

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Judge Edward J. Devitt Papers date from 1927-1992 and have been divided into three series:

Series 1: Biographical Materials

Series 2: Criminal Cases

Series 3: Civil Cases

Collection Historical Note

Edward James Devitt, the son of a railroad round-house foreman, was born May 5, 1911 in St. Paul, Minnesota. All four of his grandparents were born in Ireland. He attended St. John's Preparatory School and then St. John's University in Collegeville, MN, after which he earned a Bachelor of Law degree at the University of North Dakota in 1935, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Commerce in 1938. Elected a municipal judge in East Grand Forks, MN in November, 1935, Devitt drew mention in a national "Believe It or Not" syndicated news feature as the youngest judge in the USA. Named an assistant attorney general in Minnesota in 1939, he also taught at the UND Law School.

During the Second World War, Devitt became a US Navy intelligence officer. Lt. Cdr. Devitt was the sole survivor of a kamikaze hit upon the radio compartment of the destroyer Caldwell in December 1944. Recovering after a six month hospital stay, he received a Purple Heart for injuries from this raid.

Elected to the US House of Representatives from St. Paul in 1946 (R, Minn.), Devitt served on the House Judiciary Committee. Defeated for re-election by Eugene McCarthy in 1948, Devitt practiced law in St. Paul until his election as Ramsey County Probate Judge in 1950. In 1954, Devitt was appointed a federal judge on the US District Court for Minnesota. Serving as Chief US District Judge for Minnesota since 1958, Devitt officially retired in 1981, but continued to hear numerous cases as a senior judge. Judge Devitt died March 2, 1992. His funeral, held in the St. Paul Cathedral, was attended by over 1,200 mourners.

During his lengthy tenure on the US District Court, Devitt became probably the most respected and influential district court judge in the nation. His decisions were seldom reversed on appeal. His booklet "Ten Commandments for the New Judge", written in 1961, has become standard reading. Among his most noted innovations was the use of six-person juries in federal civil cases; a practice that has since come to be used in nearly all of the 95 US District Courts nationwide. Judge Devitt is also co-author of Federal Jury Practice and Instructions, the standard reference book on this subject. During the years 1967-1971, Judge Devitt chaired the American Bar Association Legal Advisory Committee on Fair Trial - Free Press, which developed guidelines for news media and the bench in sensational cases so as to avoid prejudicial publicity that would prevent a fair trial.

Judge Devitt repeatedly turned aside opportunities for promotion to appellate courts or to other positions removed from trial law. Dedicated to improving the judicial art, Devitt sought to write decisions and opinions which could be easily understood by those not trained in legal terminology. An active Catholic, Judge Devitt urged his fellow jurists to pray for divine guidance since "judges need that help more than anyone else."

West Publishing, a respected publisher in the field of law, in 1982 inaugurated the Edward J. Devitt Distinguished Service to Justice Award. This annual award, with a prize of $15,000, is given to the nation's foremost federal judge, as determined by a selection panel which frequently includes justices on the US Supreme Court. Judge Devitt served as Permanent Chairman of this selection panel.

Among Judge Devitt's most notable cases were the 1961 racketeering trial of Minneapolis gangster Isadore (Kid Cann) Blumenfeld, the 1963 fraud trial of former Minneapolis mayor Marvin Kline, the trial of the "Minnesota Eight" resisters of the Vietnam era draft, and the Reserve Mining environmental pollution trial of the mid 1970s. Judge Devitt also presided over several major organized crime trials in California and other states.

Subject/Index Terms

Legal
University of North Dakota - Alumni

Administrative Information

Repository: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections

Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.

Acquisition Source: Terese Hoffman, St. Paul, Minnesota

Acquisition Method: Donation; Acc.92-1822 and Acc.92-1823

Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). Judge Edward J. Devitt Papers. OGLMC 1253, Box #, Folder #. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.

Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid migrated to Archon in March 2015.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Biographical Material],
[Series 2: Criminal Cases],
[Series 3: Civil Cases],
[Photographs :],
[All]

Series 2: Criminal Cases

Box 5

Folder 1: Charges to the Jury - Criminal Cases, 1955-57.
Folder 2: Charges to the Jury - Criminal Cases, 1958-61.
Folder 3: Charges to the Jury - Criminal Cases, 1962-64.
Folder 4: Charges to the Jury - Criminal Cases, 1966-68.
Folder 5: United States v. Byron Dewayne Adams, Cr. 3-85-136. Defendant charged with armed robbery of a bank employee who was driving a route to replenish cash in automatic teller machines. Pre-trial motions, proposed jury instructions. Case was apparently resolved before going to jury.
Folder 6: United States v. Joseph Vincent Agosto, et al, Cr. 3-81-96. I. Successful prosecution of a major "Mafia" organized crime figure, a bank president, and others involved in a scheme to float large amounts in bad checks so as to cover up a casino skimming operation at the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. This first folder contains newspaper coverage of the case and its antecedent events, from 1979-81. [Cross-reference to United States v. Summit National Bank, Cr. 3-82-110, beginning in Box 29 folder 10. Photocopies of pre-trial newspaper coverage are included therein.]
Folder 7: United States v. Joseph Vincent Agosto, et al. II. Newspaper coverage, 1982-83.
Folder 8: United States v. Joseph Vincent Agosto, et al. III. Prosecution memorandum containing Grand Jury materials.
Folder 9: United States v. Joseph Vincent Agosto, et al. IV. Motion challenging Grand Jury indictment, with related documents #1.
Folder 10: United States v. Joseph Vincent Agosto, et al. V. Motion challenging Grand Jury indictment, with related documents #2.
Folder 11: United States v. Joseph Vincent Agosto, et al. VI. Pre-trial motions #1.
Folder 12: United States v. Joseph Vincent Agosto, et al. VII. Pre-trial motions #2.
Folder 13: United States v. Joseph Vincent Agosto, et al. VIII. Pre-trial motions #3.
Folder 14: United States v. Joseph Vincent Agosto, et al. IX. Attorney disqualification for conflict of interest among defense counsel #1.
Folder 15: United States v. Joseph Vincent Agosto, et al. X. Attorney disqualification for conflict of interest among defense counsel #2.

Box 6

Folder 1: United States v. Joseph Vincent Agosto, et al. XI. Attorney disqualification for conflict of interest among defense counsel #3.
Folder 2: United States v. Joseph Vincent Agosto, et al. XII. Attorney disqualification for conflict of interest among defense counsel #4.
Folder 3: United States v. Joseph Vincent Agosto, et al. XIII. Attorney disqualification for conflict of interest among defense counsel #5.
Folder 4: United States v. Joseph Vincent Agosto, et al. XIV. Attorney disqualification for conflict of interest among defense counsel #6.
Folder 5: United States v. Joseph Vincent Agosto, et al. XV. Overview of trial: indictment, chronological file of orders, handwritten log of the trial itself.
Folder 6: United States v. Joseph Vincent Agosto, et al. XVI. Later pre-trial motions: general.
Folder 7: United States v. Joseph Vincent Agosto, et al. XVII. Later pre-trial motions: setting of trial date.
Folder 8: United States v. Joseph Vincent Agosto, et al. XVIII. Later pre-trial motions: exclusion of evidence #1.
Folder 9: United States v. Joseph Vincent Agosto, et al. XIX. Later pre-trial motions: exclusion of evidence #2.
Folder 10: United States v. Joseph Vincent Agosto, et al. XX. Listings of evidence and exhibits.
Folder 11: United States v. Joseph Vincent Agosto, et al. XXI. Government's response to defendants' objections to exhibits, including photocopies of actual exhibits in question.
Folder 12: United States v. Joseph Vincent Agosto, et al. XXII. Government defense of use of wiretap evidence of skimming from the Tropicana; includes 214 pages of verbatim transcript of conversations among conspirators.
Folder 13: United States v. Joseph Vincent Agosto, et al. XXIII. Jury selection, jury instructions #1.
Folder 14: United States v. Joseph Vincent Agosto, et al. XXIV. Jury instructions #2, verdict of jury.

Box 7

Folder 1: United States v. Joseph Vincent Agosto, et al. XXV. Post-trial motions: general.
Folder 2: United States v. Joseph Vincent Agosto, et al. XXVI. Post-trial motions: bail and release pending appeal #1.
Folder 3: United States v. Joseph Vincent Agosto, et al. XXVII. Post-trial motions: bail and release pending appeal #2.
Folder 4: United States v. Joseph Vincent Agosto, et al. XXVIII. Appeals of convictions.
Folder 5: United States v. Joseph Vincent Agosto, et al. XXIX. Petition for Writ of Certiorari.
Folder 6: United States v. John Edward Allen, et al, Cr. 3-80-96. Conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Numerous pre-trial motions, largely concerning efforts to suppress evidence, including a defendant's voluntary confession; detailed documentation relating to search warrants.
Folder 7: United States v. Alan Joseph Allery, Cr. 6-89-8. An Area Director of Indian Health Services was convicted of fraud for overbilling the United States government by $6,000.00 in reimbursement of temporary lodging expenses. Pre-trial motions, jury instructions, exhibits, Judge Devitt's trial notes, post-trial motions. I.
Folder 8: United States v. Alan Joseph Allery. II.
Folder 9: United States v. Pedro Reynaldo Anderson, Cr. 3-84-108. A previously convicted drug dealer filed motions to suppress evidence concerning his possession of cocaine and of firearms. Motions to suppress evidence, copies of search warrants, affidavits and related documents.
Folder 10: United States v. Joseph Maria Andrade, et al, Cr. 3-84-65. I. A black fireman from Seattle, WN was convicted of fraud, along with two co-conspirators, for acting as a broker of airline tickets illegally purchased using stolen credit card numbers. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. Transcripts of wiretapped telephone conversations. Conviction was appealed without success on several grounds, including the removal of both potential black jurors through use of the prosecution's peremptory challenges. Additional appeals court records for this case are also present in UND Special Collections, in the Myron H. Bright Papers, OGL #877, box 262, folders 7 and 8. [Cross-reference to United States v. Little, Box 17, folders 6 and 7, which include newspaper articles pertaining to this case.]
Folder 11: United States v. Joseph Maria Andrade, et al. II.
Folder 12: United States v. Cynthia Kay Asplund, et al, Cr. 3-90-75/76. Case was resolved through plea-bargaining following extensive pre-trial motions related to search and seizure issues. Convictions were for bank fraud and possession of stolen mail, in a scheme to cash stolen checks in order to buy heroin. Pre-trial motions, plea agreement and sentencing stipulations, photographs used in a photo line-up for suspect identification. I.
Folder 13: United States v. Cynthia Kay Asplund, et al. II.
Folder 14: Miscellaneous motions involving defendants whose last names begin with "A".
Folder 15: United States v. David Raymond Babbe, Cr. 3-80-93. Conviction after jury trial, for possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon. Jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, appeal. Additional appeals court records for this case are also present in UND Special Collections, in the Myron H. Bright Papers, OGL #877, box 131, folders 11 and 12.

Box 8

Folder 1: United States v. Charles S. Babich, , et al, Cr. 3-89-138. Plea agreement made just prior to trial, for conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Pre-trial motions, proposed jury instructions, plea agreement and sentencing stipulations.

Folder 2: United States v. Loren M. Barta, Cr. 3-88-51. A lawyer in private practice was convicted of tax evasion and of filing false tax returns. Post-trial motions unsuccessfully challenged Judge Devitt's decision to exclude testimony by a clinical psychologist as to a "detail phobia" which supposedly impaired the defendant's ability to keep tax records. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. Pre-trial records include a complete filled-in Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised (WMS-R) psychological test of the defendant. I.

Folder 3: United States v. Loren M. Barta. II.

Folder 4: United States v. Loren M. Barta. III.

Folder 5: United States v. Timothy Lee Bartizal, et al, Cr. 3-90-48. Indictment for conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Pre-trial motions, detailed documentation relating to search warrants, plea agreement and sentencing stipulations.

Folder 6: United States v. Jay D. Barkhuff, et al, Cr. 4-90-20. Conviction for conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. Copy of Appeals Court decision affirming conviction. I.

Folder 7: United States v. Jay D. Barkhuff. II.

Folder 8: United States v. Gene R. Bauers, et al, Cr. 3-84-69. Acquitted of income tax evasion charges. Complete trial documents through acquittal by jury, including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, and Judge Devitt's trial notes.

Folder 9: United States v. Brian Thomas Bednarczyk, Cr. 3-90-2. Possession of stolen mail, including checks. Pre-trial motions, photographs used in a photo line-up for suspect identification (photocopies only), criminal contempt order for violation of conditions of release on bond.

Folder 10: United States v. Edwin A. Beiswenger, Cr. 6-80-91. Tax evasion. Tax protester case.

Item 1: Pre-trial motions
Item 2: Judge Devitt's trial notes
Item 3: exhibit of IRS manual supplement relating to "illegal tax protest-type activities."

Folder 11: United States v. Cary Lee Berkness, Cr. 6-80-46. Bank robbery. Jury instructions, post-trial motions. Unsuccessful appeal based on insanity defense. Additional appeals court records for this case are also present in UND Special Collections, in the Myron H. Bright Papers, OGL #877, box 121, folder 10.

Folder 12: United States v. Robert Lewis Betts, Cr. 4-86-30. Possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon. Pre-trial motions, proposed jury instructions.

Folder 13: United States v. Terrance Duane Bjerke, et al, Cr. 6-88-58. Fraud charges related to misuse of farm equipment under mortgage in a federal farm loan program. Pre-trial motions. Exhibit materials, including political flyers on the plight of farmers.

Folder 14: United States v. John Alvin Blackwell, Cr. 3-84-139. Plea agreement reached concerning charges of smuggling marijuana from Mexico by private airplane. Pre-trial motions, plea agreement and sentencing stipulations. [Cross-reference United States v. Kragness, et al, Cr. 3-84-139, beginning in box 15 folder 7.]

Folder 15: United States v. Leslie Anthony Bluske, et al, Cr. 3-90-65. Conviction for conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions.

Folder 16: United States v. Roger David Bong, Cr. 3-84-80. Acquittal on charges of possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon. Complete trial documents through acquittal by jury, including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, and Judge Devitt's trial notes. Transcripts of wiretapped telephone conversations.

Folder 17: United States v. William Roger Boone, et al, Cr. 3-80-23. Conviction for conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions.

Box 9

Folder 1: United States v. John Robert Boone, et al, Cr. 6-87-127. A major marijuana cultivation case involving 17 defendants. All pled guilty, but two defendants later appealed unsuccessfully to withdraw their pleas. Most documents relate to detention pending the sentencing hearing. Numerous handwritten letters from community leaders and relatives in the defendants' home town of Loretto, Kentucky attest to their good character and request that release on bail be granted. Transcripts of examination of two drug enforcement agents provides extensive detailed description of the defendants' camouflaged marijuana cultivation operation on a Minnesota corn farm. Also included is an article from the Minneapolis Star Tribune which reports that many of the defendants came from families once involved in running "moonshine" stills. I
Folder 2: United States v. John R. Boone, et al. II.
Folder 3: United States v. John R. Boone, et al. III.
Folder 4: United States v. John R. Boone, et al. IV.
Folder 5: United States v. John R. Boone, et al. V.
Folder 6: United States v. John R. Boone, et al. VI.
Folder 7: United States v. John R. Boone, et al. VII.
Folder 8: United States v. John R. Boone, et al. VIII.
Folder 9: United States v. James Vernon Born, Cr. 3-87-49. Conspiracy to distribute methamphetamines. Pre-trial motions, proposed jury instructions. Case was apparently resolved before going to jury.
Folder 10: United States v. Donald Bowman, Cr. 3-85-12. Jury conviction for armed robbery of a drug store and for related narcotics violations. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. Additional appeals court records for this case are also present in UND Special Collections, in the Myron H. Bright Papers, OGL #877, box 264 folder 13 and box 265 folder 1, which include copies of district court trial transcripts and related documents not found in the Judge Devitt Papers.
Folder 11: Miscellaneous motions involving defendants whose last names begin with "Ba" through "Bo".
Folder 12: United States v. Jon David Brooks, Cr. 4-90-55. Conviction by jury for cocaine distribution. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. Includes bound transcript of witness testimony which provides detailed description of cocaine preparation and sales practices.
Folder 13: United States v. Bobby Bryant, et al, Cr. 3-87-49. Conspiracy to distribute methamphetamines and cocaine. Pre-trial motions, plea agreement and sentencing stipulations.
Folder 14: United States v. Brody Burton, Cr. 3-88-102. Convicted on retrial for conspiracy to distribute cocaine, after a hung jury on the first trial. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions; includes jury instructions and Judge Devitt's notes for both trials.

Box 10

Folder 1: Miscellaneous motions involving defendants whose last names begin with "Br" through "Bu".
Folder 2: United States v. Kenneth James Callahan, et al, Cr. 4-77-84. A well publicized interstate kidnapping case involving a one million dollar ransom. Jury conviction was reversed on appeal. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. Additional appeals court records for this case are also present in UND Special Collections, in the Myron H. Bright Papers, OGL #877, box 74 folders 11 and 12. I.
Folder 3: United States v. Kenneth James Callahan, et al. II.
Folder 4: United States v. Kenneth James Callahan, et al. III.
Folder 5: United States v. Kenneth James Callahan, et al. IV.
Folder 6: United States v. Kenneth James Callahan, et al. V.
Folder 7: United States v. Kenneth James Callahan, et al. VI.
Folder 8: United States v. Ivan J. Carlisle, Cr. 6-89-34. A dairy farmer was convicted by jury of several counts of fraud related to federal funds obtained under the Milk Diversion Program. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. Evidence includes numerous documents of dairy operations. I.
Folder 9: United States v. Ivan J. Carlisle. II.
Folder 10: United States v. Ivan J. Carlisle. III.
Folder 11: United States v. Ivan J. Carlisle. IV.
Folder 12: United States v. William Charles Cary, Jr., Cr. 3-88-55. Case went to trial for charge of "aiding and abetting another in casting contempt upon the flag of the United States by burning it." This charge resulted from a flag burning during a March 1988 demonstration against US policy in Honduras. Pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes.
Folder 13: Miscellaneous motions involving defendants whose last names begin with "Ca".
Folder 14: United States v. Gerald Stephen Clausen, Cr. 3-87-117. Unsuccessful motions (also denied on appeal) to eliminate a three year requirement of "supervised release" following a 32 month incarceration for cocaine distribution.
Folder 15: United States v. Ludger Vance Clement, Cr. 6-83-118. Conviction by jury for possession of an unregistered weapon, namely a sawed-off rifle. Jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, post-trial motions including an unsuccessful appeal.

Box 11

Folder 1: United States v. Curtis Collins, Cr. 3-90-16. Conviction by jury for harboring a fugitive. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, and Judge Devitt's trial notes.
Folder 2: United States v. Robert Ersel Coney, Cr. 3-90-132. An armored car driver unsuccessfully appealed after being convicted of embezzlement. Jury instructions, post-trial motions.
Folder 3: United States v. Gerald Cook, Cr. 6-80-65 and 6-81-23. Acquitted of an alleged 1979 assault on a Bureau of Indian Affairs police officer. Subsequently convicted of a similar assault committed in 1981. Complete trial documents on the earlier charge, through acquittal by jury, including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, and Judge Devitt's trial notes.
Folder 4: United States v. Edward M. Coralnick, Cr. 3-90-55. Plea bargain for conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Pre-trial motions, photographs used in a photo line-up for suspect identification (photocopies only), and plea agreement and sentencing stipulations.
Folder 5: United States v. John Everett Crosby, Cr. 6-87-63. Acquitted of "knowingly and willfully threatening the life of the President of the United States." Complete trial documents through acquittal by jury, including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, and Judge Devitt's trial notes. File includes newspaper clippings on the case.
Folder 6: Miscellaneous motions involving defendants whose last names begin with "Ch" through "Cz".
Folder 7: United States v. Stephen Raymond Davidson, Cr. 3-85-115. Charged with fraudulently cashing stolen checks from the US mail. Case was resolved before going to jury. Pre-trial motions, photographs used in a photo line-up for suspect identification (photocopies only).
Folder 8: United States v. Orestes Dieguez/Alvarez, et al, Cr. 4-88-27. Conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Proposed jury instructions, plea agreement and sentencing stipulations.
Folder 9: United States v. Donald Dennis Dobbs, Cr. 6-82-123. Conviction by Judge Devitt for extortion was upheld on appeal. Jury trial waived. Pre-trial motions, evidence including photocopy of the extortion note, post-trial motions. Additional appeals court records for this case are also present in UND Special Collections, in the Myron H. Bright Papers, OGL #877, box 188 folder 9.
Folder 10: United States v. Virgil Jerome Dols, Cr. 3-81-15. A pharmacist was charged with dispensing controlled substances without prescriptions, following a three-day warrantless search of his premises. Devitt granted defendant's motion to suppress evidence from this search. Pre-trial motions. Case was apparently resolved before going to jury.
Folder 11: United States v. Richard A. Dougherty, Cr. 3-84-38. Conviction, upheld on appeal, for unlawful issuance of $14.5 million in bad loans in his capacity as a bank vice president. Record of these loans was kept in a private desk drawer while held secret from other bank officials. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. I.
Folder 12: United States v. Richard A. Dougherty. II.
Folder 13: United States v. Richard A. Dougherty. III.
Folder 14: United States v. Charles Ray Douglas, Cr. 6-89-1. Conviction by jury for bribing an IRS official. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. Detailed psychological evaluation includes discussion of the defendant's Vietnam experiences as a cause of Post-traumatic Stress Syndrome. I
Folder 15: United States v. Charles Ray Douglas. II.
Folder 16: Miscellaneous motions involving defendants whose last names begin with "D".

Box 12

Folder 1: United States v. Bruce Ray Fairbanks, Cr. 6-88-88. Pled guilty to felony assault with a screwdriver upon a Native American woman. At issue was whether the 5th Amendment double jeopardy clause applies when an individual is convicted of a misdemeanor in a Tribal Court and is subsequently charged under federal law with a felony for the same offense. Documents include organizational charts and funding contracts for the Tribal Court Program of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians. Pre-trial motions.
Folder 2: Miscellaneous motions involving defendants whose last names begin with "Fa".
Folder 3: United States v. Rudolph C. Fitol, Cr. 3-89-118. Conviction for indoor cultivation of marijuana. An unsuccessful motion sought to avoid a mandatory five-year prison sentence for growing 100 or more marijuana plants, on the grounds that "cuttings" with growing roots were not "plants." Pre-trial motions, detailed documentation relating to search warrants, sentencing documents.
Folder 4: United States v. James J. Fletcher, Cr. 3-81-92. Conviction for distribution of cocaine. Pre-trial motions, jury instructions, post-trial motions. Handwritten character reference letters accompany a motion to reduce sentence.
Folder 5: United States v. Angela Renen Ford, et al, Cr. 3-88-93. Convicted of transporting cocaine through the US mail. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions.
Folder 6: United States v. James K. Franke, et al, Cr. 3-86-149. Charged with possession of stolen handguns. Pre-trial motions, detailed officers' descriptions of search and arrest.
Folder 7: United States v. Daniel Murray Freeman, Cr. 3-88-84. Charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Pre-trial motions, proposed jury instructions, Judge Devitt's handwritten notes as to plea agreement and sentencing stipulations.
Folder 8: Miscellaneous motions involving defendants whose last names begin with "Fe" through "Fr".
Folder 9: United States v. John Elroy Gadell, Cr. 3-84-44. Convicted of one count of first degree assault, through plea bargaining after indictment for an attempted bank robbery which included hostage-taking. Pre-trial motions, proposed jury instructions, post-trial motions. Records include a detailed psychiatric legal evaluation.
Folder 10: United States v. Charles Alexander Gary, Cr. 3-83-86. Charged with distribution of cocaine, found in airline carry-on baggage. Pre-trial motions.
Folder 11: United States v. Thomas Gervais, Cr. 3-86-80. A realtor was convicted of falsifying receipt of an earnest money deposit on a client's VA mortgage loan application. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions.
Folder 12: United States v. Georges Fayez Ghassan, et al, Cr. 3-84-36. Charged with trafficking in heroin in multi-kilogram quantities. Pre-trial motions, numerous Reports of Investigation by federal Special Agents.
Folder 13: United States v. John Michael Gill, Cr. 3-80-61. Motion denied for reduction of a five-year sentence for cocaine trafficking. Numerous hand-written letters attest to defendant's character and suitability for drug rehabilitation work.
Folder 14: United States v. William Harrison Givens, et al, Cr. 3-82-94. Convicted of bank robbery. Conviction upheld on appeal. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. Additional appeals court records for this case are also present in UND Special Collections, in the Myron H. Bright Papers, OGL #877, Box 177 folder 7.
Folder 15: United States v. Darryl Jerome Glover, Cr. 3-89-128. Convicted of conspiracy to distribute two kilograms of "crack" cocaine. Upheld on appeal. Pre-trial motions, post-trial motions.

Box 13

Folder 1: United States v. Gregory Good, Cr. 6-86-30. A Native American male was acquitted of murder by means of a rifle on the Red Lake Indian Reservation. Complete trial documents through acquittal by jury, including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, and Judge Devitt's trial notes. I
Folder 2: United States v. Gregory Good. II
Folder 3: United States v. Modesto Gonzales-Chaparro, et al, Cr. 3-86-54. Conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Detailed documentation relating to search warrants. Case was apparently resolved before going to jury.
Folder 4: United States v. Byron Graves, Cr. 6-85-114. A prominent member of the Red Lake Chippewa Indian tribe was charged with failure to pay income tax on $150,000 in interest income. Pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes.
Folder 5: United States v. Zollie Green, et al, Cr. 3-82-129. Zollie Green, a Minneapolis alderman, was charged with receiving bribes in connection with award of a contract for construction of city bus shelters. Pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes. I
Folder 6: United States v. Zollie Green, et al. II
Folder 7: United States v. Zollie Green, et al. III
Folder 8: United States v. Virgil L. Griffin, et al, Cr. 83-53-01-09 (North Carolina). Judge Devitt prepared to hear the controversial case of nine Ku Klux Klan members and American Nazis accused of conspiracy in provoking deadly violence at a 1979 Greensboro, NC anti-Klan rally staged by the Communist Workers Party. Devitt issued a pre-trial "gag" ruling but was unable to hear the actual case due to illness. Pre-trial motions, newspaper clippings, misc. travel arrangements and related correspondence. I
Folder 9: United States v. Virgil L. Griffin, et al. II
Folder 10: United States v. Virgil L. Griffin, et al. III
Folder 11: Miscellaneous motions involving defendants whose last names begin with "G".
Folder 12: United States v. Jon Hill, Cr. 6-84-143. A Minnesota farmer was charged with selling cows that were under mortgage to the Production Credit Association. Pre-trial motions. Detailed hand-written notes concerning calving and other farm operations.
Folder 13: United States v. GJH, an Indian juvenile. Cr. 6-81-109. Adjudicated a juvenile delinquent for voluntary manslaughter in killing a drunken tormentor by means of a rifle shot. Upheld on appeal. Pre-trial motions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, post-trial motions. Additional appeals court records for this case are also present in UND Special Collections, in the Myron H. Bright Papers, OGL #877, Box 162 folder 6.
Folder 14: United States v. Tobias Hernandez, Cr. 3-89-85. Pled guilty to bank robbery, after pre-trial motions were filed. Pre-trial motion to be allowed a visit to his critically ill father was denied, due to a previous jail escape attempt documented in detail in the file (includes transcripts of wiretapped telephone conversations.) Post-trial motions to reduce sentence, written by the defendant in a unique rambling style, were also denied.

Box 14

Folder 1: Miscellaneous motions involving defendants whose last names begin with "Ha" through "He".
Folder 2: United States v. Brian James Hirt, Cr. 6-84-123. Charged with distributing cocaine and marijuana. Pre-trial motions, proposed jury instructions. Case was apparently resolved before going to jury.
Folder 3: United States v. Robert Easton Howe, Cr. 3-86-24. A rural bank vice president pled guilty to embezzlement of $600,000. Pre-trial motions, FBI interview of defendant, newspaper clipping photocopies, plea agreement and sentencing stipulations, post-trial motions in unsuccessful effort to have sentence reduced.
Folder 4: United States v. Abdula Ilazi, Cr. 3-83-21. Charged with possession of 223 grams of cocaine, with intent to distribute. Stopped at an airport and then searched by officers who noted suspicious behavior including an unusual gait "like a two year old with a dirty diaper," the defendant sought to suppress the evidence found on 4th Amendment grounds. Judge Devitt wrote a highly articulate and comprehensive 15-page memorandum and order [published as 563 F. Supp. 730 (1983)] denying this motion to suppress evidence. Devitt's ruling was upheld on appeal. Pre-trial motions. Additional appeals court records for this case are also present in UND Special Collections, in the Myron H. Bright Papers, OGL #877, Box 201 folders 1 and 2.
Folder 5: United States v. Yorke B. Jacobs, Cr. 3-86-39. Charged with underreporting income to IRS, namely profits from illegal distribution of narcotics. Pre-trial motions. Case was apparently resolved before going to jury.
Folder 6: United States v. Ted Jennings, Cr. 3-80-32. A prominent cattle dealer (100,000 head annually) was charged with aiding and abetting in fraud against the Farmers Home Administration on one particular transaction for some 100 head. Detailed grand jury transcripts, affidavits in support of defendant providing abundant information on cattle ranching operations. Pre-trial motions. Case was apparently resolved before going to jury.
Folder 7: United States v. Michael R. Jewell, et al, Cr. 3-84-50. Charged with distributing marijuana and cocaine. Case was apparently resolved before going to jury. Pre-trial motions included effort to suppress evidence of membership in the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club.
Folder 8: United States v. James W. Johnson, Cr. 3-74-50. Acquitted of kidnapping in a Minnesota state court, but subsequently convicted of extortion in Judge Devitt's federal court. This conviction, challenged on "double jeopardy" grounds, was upheld on appeal. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. I
Folder 9: United States v. James W. Johnson. II
Folder 10: United States v. AWJ (a juvenile male), Cr. 6-86-47. Pled guilty to second-degree murder in a drunken shooting incident on the Red Lake Indian Reservation. Grand Jury transcripts, pre-trial motions, proposed jury instructions, post-trial motions including later appeal to reduce sentence, with complete copy of parole file and of presentence report. I
Folder 11: United States v. AWJ (a juvenile male). II
Folder 12: Miscellaneous motions involving defendants whose last names begin with "Hi" through "J".
Folder 13: United States v. Harold B. Kail, et al, Cr. 3-84-100. Coin dealer charged with mail fraud in selling overgraded coins at inflated prices. Pre-trial motions, detailed documentation relating to search warrants. Devitt ordered the case reassigned to another judge based on his "long-term personal and professional association with the defendant's father."

Box 15

Folder 1: United States v. Rick Roland Kienzle, Cr. 3-88-34. Convicted by jury of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, and of failure to pay taxes on drug profits (including those from bales of marijuana smuggled in from Thailand). Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. Includes voluminous transcripts of examination and cross-examination of co-conspirators granted immunity. I
Folder 2: United States v. Rick Roland Kienzle. II
Folder 3: United States v. Rick Roland Kienzle. III
Folder 4: United States v. John A. Kokkeler, Cr. 3-84-49. A jeweler was convicted of receiving stolen diamonds. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions.
Folder 5: United States v. David Anthony Kost, et al, Cr. 3-88-54. Convicted by jury for conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. Affirmed on appeal, although Judge Myron Bright dissented from the Appeals Court decision and would have reduced the sentence imposed on Kost (Appeals case 89-5010/5028, in Myron H. Bright Papers, OGL #877).
Folder 6: Miscellaneous motions involving defendants whose last names begin with "Ka" through "Ko".
Folder 7: United States v. Leonard Wayne Kragness, et al, Cr. 3-84-139. Numerous defendants were convicted by jury of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and other drugs, under the RICO anti-racketeering act. The five-week trial was described by the prosecution as the largest drug case in Minnesota history. At the center of the conspiracy, which involved extensive smuggling from South America in private aircraft, was Kragness, an Alaskan gold miner. Documents in a post-trial forfeiture proceeding contain extensive detail on gold mining operations. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. This folder contains the indictment, a newspaper article concerning the prosecutor, and the beginning of the pre-trial motions. I
Folder 8: United States v. Leonard Wayne Kragness, et al. II. Pre-trial motions #2, including transcripts of wiretapped telephone conversations.
Folder 9: United States v. Leonard Wayne Kragness, et al. III. Pre-trial motions #3.
Folder 10: United States v. Leonard Wayne Kragness, et al. IV. Pre-trial motions #4.
Folder 11: United States v. Leonard Wayne Kragness, et al. V. Pre-trial motions #5.
Folder 12: United States v. Leonard Wayne Kragness, et al. VI. Pre-trial motions #6.
Folder 13: United States v. Leonard Wayne Kragness, et al. VII. Pre-trial motions #7.
Folder 14: United States v. Leonard Wayne Kragness, et al. VIII. Jury instructions #1.

Box 16

Folder 1: United States v. Leonard Wayne Kragness, et al. IX. Jury instructions #2.
Folder 2: United States v. Leonard Wayne Kragness, et al. X. Judge Devitt's trial notes, witness and exhibit lists, verdict forms.
Folder 3: United States v. Leonard Wayne Kragness, et al. XI. Motions during the trial.
Folder 4: United States v. Leonard Wayne Kragness, et al. XII. Forfeiture proceeding #1.
Folder 5: United States v. Leonard Wayne Kragness, et al. XIII. Forfeiture proceeding #2.
Folder 6: United States v. Leonard Wayne Kragness, et al. XIV. Sentencing, post-trial motions #1.
Folder 7: United States v. Leonard Wayne Kragness, et al. XV. Post-trial motions #2.
Folder 8: United States v. Leonard Wayne Kragness, et al. XVI. Post-trial motions #3.
Folder 9: Miscellaneous motions involving defendants whose last names begin with "Kr" through "Ku".
Folder 10: United States v. Robert A. LaCosse, et al, Cr. 3-80-100. Conviction for evading income taxes on profits from illegal sale in Minnesota of cigarettes purchased in Kentucky. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions.
Folder 11: United States v. Duane Wendell Larson, Cr. 3-85-43. Convicted for currency and tax violations related to an earlier conviction for cocaine distribution. Two currency transaction counts were reversed on appeal. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. Plea agreement and sentencing stipulations, evidence including extensive documents related to "beefalo" ranching and trade in semen of cow-buffalo hybrids. I
Folder 12: United States v. Duane Wendell Larson. II
Folder 13: United States v. Duane Wendell Larson. III
Folder 14: United States v. Duane Wendell Larson. IV.

Box 17

Folder 1: United States v. Duane Wendell Larson. V.
Folder 2: United States v. Duane Wendell Larson. VI.
Folder 3: United States v. Duane Wendell Larson. VII.
Folder 4: United States v. Stanley Michael Lieser, Cr. 6-85-120. Tax protester case. Convicted of currency transaction reporting violations; conviction reversed on appeal based on precedent set in US v. Larson, 796 F2d 244 (8th Cir. 1986). Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. I
Folder 5: United States v. Stanley Michael Lieser. II
Folder 6: United States v. Walter Calvin Little, Cr. 3-84-65. [Cross-reference to US v. Andrade, et al, box 7 folders 10 and 11.] Additional defendant in airline ticket fraud scheme. Pre-trial motions, detailed documentation relating to search warrants. I
Folder 7: United States v. Walter Calvin Little. II
Folder 8: United States v. William C. Longbehn, et al, Cr. 6-88-18. Convictions for large-scale distribution of methamphetamines. Extensive and highly revealing transcripts of wiretapped telephone conversations. Detailed documentation relating to search warrants. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. Folder 10 includes dubbed copy of contested audiocassette tape of recorded telephone conversations, transcripts of that tape, and related motions. I
Folder 9: United States v. Wm. C. Longbehn, et al. II
Folder 10: United States v. Wm. C. Longbehn, et al. III
Folder 11: United States v. Wm. C. Longbehn, et al. IV
Folder 12: United States v. Wm. C. Longbehn, et al. V
Folder 13: United States v. Wm. C. Longbehn, et al. VI
Folder 14: United States v. Wm. C. Longbehn, et al. VII
Folder 15: United States v. Wm. C. Longbehn, et al. VIII
Folder 16: United States v. Wm. C. Longbehn, et al. IX

Box 18

Folder 1: United States v. Osvaldo Lorenzo, Jr., et al, Cr. 3-88-72. Convicted of cocaine distribution. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. Detailed documentation relating to search warrants. I

Folder 2: United States v. Osvaldo Lorenzo, Jr., et al. II

Folder 3: United States v. Robert Lee Lott, Cr. 3-80-74. Possession of 1/2 lb. of cocaine. Pre-trial motions. Case was apparently resolved before going to jury.

Folder 4: United States v. Rocco Salvatore Lupino, et al, Cr. 4-58-77 and 3-58-59. Fragmentary records from a major murder-kidnapping case in 1958.

Folder 5: United States v. F.D.L. (a juvenile male), et al, Cr. 6-86-29. Convicted of involuntary manslaughter on an Indian reservation. Pre-trial motions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, post-trial motions.

Folder 6: Miscellaneous motions involving defendants whose last names begin with "L".

Folder 7: United States v. Lawrence Norman Main, Cr. 3-86-143. Pled guilty to one count of cocaine distribution. Pre-trial motions, proposed jury instructions. Note regarding plea agreement and sentencing stipulations.

Folder 8: United States v. Carlos Marcello, et al, Cr. 81-720-RJK in Central District of California. Marcello, described in one newspaper account as "the most powerful Mafia boss in the USA after Carl Gambino," was convicted of conspiracy to obstruct justice and attempted bribery of a federal judge. Two co-conspirators were also convicted. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. Voluminous transcripts of wiretapped telephone conversations and FBI informer files. This folder contains newspaper articles which pertain to the defendants. I.

Folder 9: United States v. Carlos Marcello, et al. II.

Item 1: Judge Devitt's personal correspondence and travel/social arrangements.

Folder 10: United States v. Carlos Marcello, et al. III.

Item 1: Pre-trial motions #1, including indictment, published report of previous case, and computer summary of pre-trial motions by date.

Folder 11: United States v. Carlos Marcello, et al. IV.

Item 1: Pre-trial motions #2.

Folder 12: United States v. Carlos Marcello, et al. V.

Item 1: Pre-trial motions #3.

Folder 13: United States v. Carlos Marcello, et al. VI.

Item 1: Pre-trial motions #4.

Folder 14: United States v. Carlos Marcello, et al. VII.

Item 1: Pre-trial motions #5.

Box 19

Folder 1: United States v. Carlos Marcello, et al. VIII.

Item 1: FBI reports.

Folder 2: United States v. Carlos Marcello, et al. IX.

Item 1: Transcripts of wiretapped telephone conversations #1.

Folder 3: United States v. Carlos Marcello, et al. X.

Item 1: Transcripts of wiretapped telephone conversations #2.

Folder 4: United States v. Carlos Marcello, et al. XI.

Item 1: Jury instructions #1.

Folder 5: United States v. Carlos Marcello, et al. XII.

Item 1: Jury instructions #2.

Folder 6: United States v. Carlos Marcello, et al. XIII.

Item 1: Trial notes and documents.

Folder 7: United States v. Carlos Marcello, et al. XIV.

Item 1: Sentencing #1.

Folder 8: United States v. Carlos Marcello, et al. XV.

Item 1: Sentencing #2.

Folder 9: United States v. Carlos Marcello, et al. XVI.

Item 1: Sentencing #3.

Folder 10: United States v. Carlos Marcello, et al. XVII.

Item 1: Post-trial motions #1.

Folder 11: United States v. Carlos Marcello, et al. XVIII.

Item 1: Post-trial motions #2.

Folder 12: United States v. Carlos Marcello, et al. XIX.

Item 1: Post-trial motions #3.

Box 20

Folder 1: United States v. Carlos Marcello, et al. XX.

Item 1: Post-trial motions #4.

Folder 2: United States v. Carlos Marcello, et al. XXI.

Item 1: Post-trial motions #5.

Folder 3: United States v. Pauline A. Marinsek, Cr. 5-80-20. The owner of a small store was charged with evasion of federal income taxes. Pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes. I.

Folder 4: United States v. Pauline A. Marinsek. II.

Folder 5: United States v. William Arthur Mars, Cr. 3-91-49. Charged with conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine. Pre-trial motions, detailed documentation relating to search warrants, proposed jury instructions. Case was apparently resolved before going to jury.

Folder 6: United States v. Robert William McCormick, et al, Cr. 3-89-120. Acquitted by jury of conspiracy to assist in a federal prison escape attempt. Complete trial documents through acquittal by jury, including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, and Judge Devitt's trial notes. Transcripts of bugged in-person conversations involving "wired" undercover FBI agents. I.

Folder 7: United States v. Robert William McCormick, et al. II.

Folder 8: United States v. Allen Henry McKinney, et al, Cr. 3-80-80. Conspiracy to manufacture controlled substances similar to methamphetamines. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions.

Folder 9: United States v. Sherman Ray Meirovitz, Cr. 3-88-111. Conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Pre-trial motions, including numerous character references. Transcripts of wiretapped telephone conversations, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes.

Folder 10: United States v. Rickie Lee Messner, et al, Cr. 3-85-18. A Minnesota farmer was charged with conversion to private use of property mortgaged to the Commodity Credit Corporation. Pre-trial motions, proposed jury instructions. Case was apparently resolved before going to jury.

Folder 11: United States v. Daniel Wayne Miller, Cr. 3-85-21. Conviction by jury, upheld on appeal, for aiding and abetting in distribution of cocaine. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions.

Folder 12: United States v. Constance Rae Miranda-Jewell, Cr. 3-84-50. Charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine and marijuana. Pre-trial motions, transcripts of bugged in-person conversations involving a "wired" undercover agent, proposed jury instructions. Case was apparently resolved before going to jury.

Folder 13: United States v. David Miles Miskavige, Cr. 3-83-12, 3-87-31, 3-87-70. Plea agreement to bank robbery, threatening communications, and bond jumping. Numerous legal challenges filed subsequently, all denied. Includes numerous letters from relatives challenging courtroom security measures and other aspects of the case, both before and after the bond jumping took place. I.

Folder 14: United States v. David Miles Miskavige. II.

Folder 15: Miscellaneous motions involving defendants whose last names begin with "Ma" through "Min".

Box 21

Folder 1: United States v. Todd Andrew Mithun, Cr. 4-90-26. Possession of firearm by a previously convicted felon. Pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes.
Folder 2: United States v. Steven Mogol, Cr. 3-85-140. An art and antiques dealer was charged with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. Pre-trial motions, jury instructions, detailed documentation relating to search warrants.
Folder 3: United States v. Emilio Lazaro Mojena, Cr. 3-85-152. Possession of cocaine. Pre-trial motions, proposed jury instructions. Case was apparently resolved before going to jury.
Folder 4: United States v. Pablo Lleregua Montalvo, Cr. 3-85-35. Conviction, upheld on appeal, for distribution of cocaine. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions.
Folder 5: United States v. Patrick Joseph Morris, et al, Cr. 3-84-120. Pled guilty to possession of cocaine with intent to distribute; later sought unsuccessfully to vacate this plea or lessen the sentence. Pre-trial motions, post-trial motions, detailed parole hearing documents. I.
Folder 6: United States v. Patrick Joseph Morris, et al. II.
Folder 7: United States v. Robin Neil Munkelwitz, et al, Cr. 3-88-61. Plea agreement to distribution of cocaine, later rescinded by government for failure of defendant to co-operate in other drug investigations. Pre-trial motions, proposed jury instructions, plea agreement and sentencing stipulations.
Folder 8: United States v. Gregory Murdock, et al, Cr. 3-89-98. Convicted of several bank robberies. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. I.
Folder 9: United States v. Gregory Murdock, et al. II.
Folder 10: United States v. Gregory Murdock, et al. III.
Folder 11: Miscellaneous motions involving defendants whose last names begin with "Mo" through "Mu".
Folder 12: United States v. Herman Aaron Natwick, Cr. 6-87-56. A third-generation Minnesota farmer forced into foreclosure pled guilty to making false statements on PCA loan forms. Complete transcript of the sentencing hearing includes a moving speech on the plight of family farmers. Pre-trial motions, sentencing document.
Folder 13: United States v. Marlo Naylor, Cr. 3-89-128 [cross-reference to United States v. Darryl Glover, box 12 folder 15.] A female accomplice of Darryl Glover in distribution of "crack" cocaine was granted a sentence reduction to ten years on the basis of her relative youth (age 23) and her having been, in Judge Devitt's words, "purposefully exploited by a manipulative lover 15 years her senior." Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. I.
Folder 14: United States v. Marlo Naylor. II.
Folder 15: United States v. Darwin Lee Neadeau, Cr. 6-86-124 [cross-reference United States v. Gordon Wayne Roy, box 24 folder 4]. A young Native American man raised on the Red Lake Indian Reservation was charged with participation in a brutal murder of another Native American male. Pre-trial motions, detailed documentation relating to search warrants. Case was apparently resolved before going to jury.
Folder 16: United States v. Gary A. Neadeau, Cr. 6-80-112. A young Native American man raised on the Red Lake Indian Reservation was charged with a brutal sexual assault. Pre-trial motions, FBI investigation report. Case was apparently resolved before going to jury.
Folder 17: United States v. Vickie Lee Neadeau, et al, Cr. 6-89-9. A young Native American woman raised on the Red Lake Indian Reservation was charged with aiding and abetting in involuntary manslaughter in an automobile collision which took place while she was driving intoxicated. Pre-trial motions, proposed jury instructions. Case was apparently resolved before going to jury.

Box 22

Folder 1: United States v. Y.M.N. (a juvenile), Cr. 6-83-95. A young Native American woman raised on the Red Lake Indian Reservation was convicted (upheld on appeal) for voluntary manslaughter in the stabbing death of her uncle, Albert Neadeau. Pre-trial motions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, appeals court decision.
Folder 2: United States v. Debra J. Neumiller, et al, Cr. 3-84-113. Convicted of cocaine distribution. Sentence reporting date was postponed to allow her to be with her children while they were receiving counseling for sexual abuse by a neighbor (detailed "Order of Detention" papers concerning this neighbor are included in the case file). Pre-trial motions, detailed documentation relating to search warrants, motion to extend reporting date.
Folder 3: United States v. Steven Earl Neumann, Cr. 5-87-14. Convicted of bank robbery using a dangerous weapon. Conviction was upheld on appeal. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions.
Folder 4: United States v. Timothy Ralph Nordskog, Cr. 3-83-111. Convicted of cocaine distribution. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. Extensive transcripts of wiretapped telephone conversations and of bugged in-person conversations involving a "wired" undercover agent.
Folder 5: United States v. Patrick A. Norquay, Cr. 6-88-98. A Chippewa Native American male pled guilty to burglary. Motions largely concerned sentencing and resolution of apparent conflicts between federal and tribal laws. Pre-trial motions, post-trial motions.
Folder 6: United States v. John North, et al, Cr. 3-89-105. Pled guilty to conspiracy to make counterfeit US and Canadian currency using a Canon color laser copier. Pre-trial motions, proposed jury instructions, plea agreement and sentencing stipulations, detailed transcripts of wiretapped telephone conversations. I.
Folder 7: United States v. John North, et al. II.
Folder 8: Miscellaneous motions involving defendants whose last names begin with "N".
Folder 9: Miscellaneous motions involving defendants whose last names begin with "O".
Folder 10: United States v. Jesus Leon Padron, Cr. 3-85-30. A Cuban refugee who came to the USA as part of the 1980 "Marial" boat-lift was convicted of conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. Photocopied articles from newsmagazines on US crimes by "Marielites". I.
Folder 11: United States v. Jesus Leon Padron. II.
Folder 12: United States v. Ronald A. Palermo, et al, Cr. 3-88-14. Charged with fraud against FHA by collecting rents without paying mortgages. Pre-trial motions, photographs used in a photo line-up for suspect identification (photocopies only). Case was apparently resolved before going to jury.
Folder 13: United States v. Panagiotis Papadopolous, et al, Cr. 3-86-164. Charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Pre-trial motions, detailed documentation relating to search warrants. Case was apparently resolved before going to jury.
Folder 14: United States v. Derrick Kim Patterson, Cr. 3-88-12. A prior felon convicted of possession of a firearm. Upheld on appeal, although Judge Myron Bright dissented from this appeals decision. Additional appeals court records for this case are also present in UND Special Collections, in the Myron H. Bright Papers, OGL #877.
Folder 15: United States v. James Richard Paulsen, Cr. 3-80-6. Convicted of cocaine distribution. Conviction upheld on appeal. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions.
Folder 16: United States v. Donna Mae Peterson, et al, Cr. 3-83-92. Sentenced to three years imprisonment for cocaine distribution. Pre-trial motions; post-trial motions seeking sentence reduction.
Folder 17: United States v. Kenneth Maynard Popow, Cr. 6-86-43. A Canadian citizen convicted of using a false name on entry to the USA. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. Upheld on appeal. Included are detailed descriptions of the defendant's work as a middleman for rebuilt parts of city buses throughout North America.
Folder 18: United States v. Paul Edward Porter, Cr. 6-85-39. A tax protester who acted as his own attorney was convicted by jury of manufacturing an unlicensed machine gun with a silencer. Pre-trial motions and post-trial motions focused on supposed illegality of the US court system absent a gold-backed national currency, and an alleged prejudicial prosecution of the defendant because of his tax protest and "anti-Zionist" affiliations. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. FBI reports. I.
Folder 19: United States v. Paul Edward Porter. II.

Box 23

Folder 1: United States v. George Lankford Powell, Jr., et al, Cr. 3-82-49. Conviction, upheld on appeal, for selling "bootleg" phonograph records in violation of copyrights held by Bruce Springsteen and other performers. Extensive detailed documentation relating to search warrants, describing the illicit recording of live concerts and production and sale of "bootleg" records from them. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. Additional appeals court records for this case are also present in UND Special Collections, in the Myron H. Bright Papers, OGL #877, box 170 folder 9.

Folder 2: Miscellaneous motions involving defendants whose last names begin with "P".

Folder 3: United States v. Michael Richard Quinn, Cr. 6-87-1. Plea agreement to cocaine possession with intent to distribute. Pre-trial motions, proposed jury instructions, detailed documentation relating to search warrants.

Folder 4: United States v. Joseph D. Ramirez, et al, Cr. 3-84-47 and 3-84-85. Convicted of conspiracy to import cocaine, in a major smuggling operation by private aircraft. Ramirez was admired as a civic benefactor by the citizens of Princeton, MN up to the time of his arrest, and was the key mover in the construction of the town's airport as well as a hockey rink and other public facilities. This folder includes newspaper coverage of the case as well as documents concerning Ramirez' character and past activities. I.

Folder 5: United States v. Joseph D. Ramirez, et al. II.

Item 1: Pre-trial motions #1.

Folder 6: United States v. Joseph D. Ramirez, et al. III.

Item 1: Pre-trial motions #2.

Folder 7: United States v. Joseph D. Ramirez, et al. IV.

Item 1: Jury instructions.

Folder 8: United States v. Joseph D. Ramirez, et al. V.

Item 1: Judge Devitt's trial notes, mid-trial motions.

Folder 9: United States v. Joseph D. Ramirez, et al. VI.

Item 1: Post-trial motions, including appeal.

Folder 10: Miscellaneous motions involving defendants whose last names begin with "Ra" through "Ri".

Folder 11: United States v. Jeffrey Floyd Roberts, et al, Cr. 3-86-100. Convicted by jury of bank robbery (upheld on appeal). Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions.

Folder 12: United States v. Harlow Dale Robinson, Cr. 6-80-02. Charged with mail fraud in cashing a check mailed through the US mails from an insurance company for a farm house burned down by arson. Pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes.

Folder 13: United States v. Steven Thomas Rodgers, Cr. 3-82-140. Convicted by jury of cocaine distribution. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. Upheld on appeal. Additional appeals court records for this case are also present in UND Special Collections, in the Myron H. Bright Papers, OGL #877, box 197 folders 5 and 6.

Folder 14: Miscellaneous motions involving defendants whose last names begin with "Ro".

Box 24

Folder 1: United States v. Donald Preston Rossbach, Jr., aka "Mr. Big", Cr. 6-81-47. A Native American male, aged 24, was convicted by jury of rape of two underage females on the Red Lake Indian Reservation. Upheld on appeal. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. Additional appeals court records for this case are also present in UND Special Collections, in the Myron H. Bright Papers, OGL #877, box 151 folder 10. I.
Folder 2: United States v. Donald Preston Rossbach, Jr., aka "Mr. Big". II.
Folder 3: United States v. Donald Preston Rossbach, Jr., aka "Mr. Big". III.
Folder 4: United States v. Gordon Wayne Roy, Cr. 6-26-124 [cross-reference United States v. Darvin Lee Neadeau, box 21, folder 15]. A young Native American man raised on the Red Lake Indian Reservation was convicted of second-degree murder in a slaying by machete. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. Upheld on appeal.
Folder 5: United States v. Vicky Lee Roy, Cr. 6-88-59. A young Native American woman raised on the Red Lake Indian Reservation pled guilty to aggravated assault causing bodily injury, in a stabbing incident. Plea agreement and sentencing stipulations. Her sentencing was used as a test case, in an unsuccessful constitutional challenge to the United States Sentencing Commission's authority. Included are several drafts and final version of Judge Devitt's carefully written "Order Upholding Constitutionality of Sentencing Guidelines Law".
Folder 6: United States v. Clayton Runck, Cr. 3-78-38 and 3-78-39. Pled guilty to insurance fraud using the US mails. Briefs in the file largely concern release of Grand Jury transcripts for use in a separate civil case by several insurance firms against Mr. Runck.
Folder 7: United States v. Isacc McKenely Russell, Cr. 3-82-39 and 3-82-49. A black man pled guilty to bank robbery, and agreed to be sentenced to a longer term in a state prison, rather than a shorter term in a federal prison, so as to be near his family. Later unsuccessful motions sought extra credit for in-prison work in view of this unusual plea agreement. Proposed jury instructions, plea agreement and sentencing stipulations, post-trial motions.
Folder 8: United States v. Jerry Hal Saliterman, et al, Cr. 6-87-101. Pled guilty to conspiracy to defraud, in a large-scale shoplifting, credit card, and stolen goods operation involving several hundred thousand dollars worth of fur coats from department stores. Pre-trial briefs and post-sentencing briefs sought unsuccessfully to suppress wiretap evidence on which the case was based. Pre-trial motions, detailed documentation relating to search warrants, proposed jury instructions, post-trial motions. I.
Folder 9: United States v. Jerry Hal Saliterman, et al. II.
Folder 10: United States v. Jerry Hal Saliterman, et al. III.
Folder 11: United States v. Jerry Hal Saliterman, et al. IV.
Folder 12: United States v. Robert Thomas Sanko, Cr. 3-84-113. Convicted by jury of cocaine distribution. Upheld on appeal. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. Additional appeals court records for this case are also present in UND Special Collections, in the Myron H. Bright Papers, OGL #877, box 263 folder 1.
Folder 13: United States v. Patrick Gene Sayers, Cr. 6-89-27. A young Native American man raised on the Red Lake Indian Reservation was convicted of assault with a deadly weapon (a knife) with intent to do bodily harm. Upheld on appeal. Pre-trial motions, jury instructions, post-trial motions. Additional appeals court records for this case are also present in UND Special Collections, in the Myron H. Bright Papers, OGL #877.
Folder 14: United States v. Joseph M. Sazenski, Magistrate Docket #86-67. Sought unsuccessfully to be released on bail pending trial for possession of 3/4 ton of marijuana. Motions, Pre-trial Services Report, unsuccessful appeal.

Box 25

Folder 1: United States v. Terry Paul Schleicher, Cr. 3-87-126. Convicted of conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Upheld on appeal. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. DEA "Reports of Investigation".
Folder 2: United States v. Gregory Byron Schmidt, Cr. 3-84-46 [cross-reference United States v. Joseph D. Ramirez, box 23 folders 4 through 9]. Conspiracy to import cocaine by private aircraft. Pre-trial motions, evidence related to aircraft ownership and servicing, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes. I.
Folder 3: United States v. Gregory Byron Schmidt. II.
Folder 4: United States v. Randy Charles Schmidt, Cr. 3-89-138. Convicted of conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Upheld on appeal. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. Transcripts of wiretapped telephone conversations.
Folder 5: United States v. Wilhelm E. Schmitt, et al, Cr. 6-84-124 and 6-84-125. Major tax protester case whose primary defendant was "obsessed with the idea that the US government is controlled by Communists". Exhibit materials include a handwritten set of assembly instructions for a machine gun which concludes "Test firing: Load a 20 rd magazine and go to your nearest judge or IRS agent and fill him full of holes." Specific charges against the defendants included conspiracy to commit bank robbery and take hostages, conspiracy to impede and injure federal officers, and manufacturing of machine guns. This folder includes recent tax protest correspondence and a post-conviction publication by Wilhelm Schmitt entitled "Twenty-six Years in Prison for Telling the Truth about the Income Tax". Also in this folder are Grand Jury exhibits and indictments. I.
Folder 6: United States v. Wilhelm E. Schmitt, et al. II. Pre-trial motions #1.
Folder 7: United States v. Wilhelm E. Schmitt, et al. III. Pre-trial motions #2.
Folder 8: United States v. Wilhelm E. Schmitt, et al. IV. Pre-trial motions #3.
Folder 9: United States v. Wilhelm E. Schmitt, et al. V. Pre-trial motions #4.
Folder 10: United States v. Wilhelm E. Schmitt, et al. VI. Jury instructions #1.
Folder 11: United States v. Wilhelm E. Schmitt, et al. VII. Jury instructions #2, Judge Devitt's trial notes.
Folder 12: United States v. Wilhelm E. Schmitt, et al. VIII. Post-trial motions.

Box 26

Folder 1: United States v. Ronald F. Schubel, Cr. 3-89-36. Charged with possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. Pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, detailed documentation relating to search warrants.

Folder 2: Miscellaneous motions involving defendants whose last names begin with "Sa" through "Se"

Folder 3: United States v. Ming Sen Shive, Cr. 3-80-72. Convicted by jury in a highly publicized rape-kidnap case. After the trial, Judge Devitt issued a significant ruling which denied local television stations access to videotapes of the victim made by Shive during the kidnap itself. This folder includes news articles and pre-trial motions. I.

Folder 4: United States v. Ming Sen Shive. II.

Item 1: Jury instructions.

Folder 5: United States v. Ming Sen Shive. III.

Item 1: Judge Devitt's trial notes; motions.

Folder 6: United States v. Ming Sen Shive. IV.

Item 1: Post-trial motions and appeals.

Folder 7: United States v. Ming Sen Shive. V.

Item 1: Transcripts of videotapes, motions concerning release of videotapes to television stations for public broadcast.

Folder 8: United States v. Ming Sen Shive. VI.

Item 1: Letters to Judge Devitt concerning release of videotapes. Further motions on the videotape issue.

Folder 9: United States v. James A. Simchuck, et al, Cr. 3-86-12. Charged with willful failure to file income tax returns. Tax protester case. Pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes. Copies of forms sent to IRS by defendants in 1977, declaring "vows of poverty" in the "Life Science Church - Order of Almighty God."

Folder 10: United States v. Allen Smith, et al, Cr. 3-90-26. Two members of the "Crips" street gang were convicted by jury of conspiracy to distribute "crack" cocaine. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. Detailed documentation relating to search warrants. I.

Folder 11: United States v. Allen Smith, et al. II.

Folder 12: United States v. John D. Smith, Jr., Cr. 6-82-72. A young Native American man raised on the Red Lake Indian Reservation had his probation revoked after an assault on his ex-wife. Remanded on appeal but sustained in supplemental district court proceeding. File includes detailed psychiatric evaluation report. Additional appeals court records for this case are also present in UND Special Collections, in the Myron H. Bright Papers, OGL #877, box 248 folder 2.

Folder 13: United States v. Morris Harris Smith, et al, Cr. 3-83-87. Convicted by jury of bank robbery. Upheld on appeal. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. FBI interview documents.

Folder 14: United States v. Todd Lydell Smith, Cr. 6-89-33. A young Native American man raised on the Red Lake Indian Reservation was acquitted of assault with a metal rake causing serious bodily injury. Complete trial documents through acquittal by jury, including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, and Judge Devitt's trial notes.

Box 27

Folder 1: United States v. Conrad Bruce Solomonson, Cr. 3-88-73. Co-owner of an independent insurance agency was convicted of mail fraud and bank fraud in a scheme which diverted over one million dollars into his personal checking accounts. This folder contains newspaper clippings, indictment documents, and pre-trial motions #1. I.

Folder 2: United States v. Conrad Bruce Solomonson, Cr. 3-88-73. II.

Item 1: Pre-trial motions #2.

Folder 3: United States v. Conrad Bruce Solomonson, Cr. 3-88-73. III.

Item 1: Pre-trial motions #3, financial exhibits #1.

Folder 4: United States v. Conrad Bruce Solomonson, Cr. 3-88-73. IV.

Item 1: Financial exhibits #2.

Folder 5: United States v. Conrad Bruce Solomonson, Cr. 3-88-73. V.

Item 1: Jury instructions.

Folder 6: United States v. Conrad Bruce Solomonson, Cr. 3-88-73. VI.

Item 1: Judge Devitt's trial notes; motions during trial.

Folder 7: United States v. Conrad Bruce Solomonson, Cr. 3-88-73. VII.

Item 1: Post-trial motions #1.

Folder 8: United States v. Conrad Bruce Solomonson, Cr. 3-88-73. VIII.

Item 1: Post-trial motions #2.

Folder 9: United States v. Martin Andrew Speltz, Cr. 3-90-11. Pled guilty to indoor marijuana cultivation, sought unsuccessfully on appeal to withdraw his plea and to challenge the government search warrant which led to his arrest. Pre-trial motions, detailed documentation relating to search warrants, proposed jury instructions, post-trial motions.

Folder 10: Miscellaneous motions involving defendants whose last names begin with "Sk" through "Sta".

Folder 11: United States v. Norbert E. Stelten, et al, Cr. 6-87-19 and 6-87-20. Convictions by jury for conspiracy to defraud the US government by impeding the IRS, and for income tax evasion. Upheld on appeal. All defendants hid transactions from the IRS through a network of "warehouse banks" coordinated by the "National Commodity and Barter Association" based in Denver, Colorado. Stelten and other defendants submitted numerous "tax protest" briefs espousing a highly unconventional view of US law. For example, Stelten filed a "petition for writ of Habeas Corpus" which charged judges with "treason against the Constitution" through "the usurpation of the Civil War Amendments"; citing the 1857 Dred Scott decision in a related "motion for free white Christian male bench." Tax protester case. This folder contains a news clipping concerning the indictment, a copy of the indictment itself, general correspondence, and circulated pamphlet propaganda. I.

Folder 12: United States v. Norbert E. Stelten, et al. II. Detailed documentation relating to search warrants; briefs on search issues.

Box 28

Folder 1: United States v. Norbert E. Stelten, et al. III. Grand jury transcripts #1.
Folder 2: United States v. Norbert E. Stelten, et al. IV. Grand jury transcripts #2.
Folder 3: United States v. Norbert E. Stelten, et al. V. Grand jury transcripts #3.
Folder 4: United States v. Norbert E. Stelten, et al. VI. Exhibits.
Folder 5: United States v. Norbert E. Stelten, et al. VII. Pre-trial motions #1.
Folder 6: United States v. Norbert E. Stelten, et al. VIII. Pre-trial motions #2.
Folder 7: United States v. Norbert E. Stelten, et al. IX. Pre-trial motions #3.
Folder 8: United States v. Norbert E. Stelten, et al. X. Pre-trial motions #4.
Folder 9: United States v. Norbert E. Stelten, et al. XI. Jury selection and jury instructions #1.
Folder 10: United States v. Norbert E. Stelten, et al. XII. Jury selection and jury instructions #2.
Folder 11: United States v. Norbert E. Stelten, et al. XIII. Jury selection and jury instructions #3.
Folder 12: United States v. Norbert E. Stelten, et al. XIV. Judge Devitt's trial notes.

Box 29

Folder 1: United States v. Norbert E. Stelten, et al. XV. Mid-trial motions #1.
Folder 2: United States v. Norbert E. Stelten, et al. XVI. Mid-trial motions #2.
Folder 3: United States v. Norbert E. Stelten, et al. XVII. Courtroom security and decorum matters, including US Marshals Service intelligence reports.
Folder 4: United States v. Norbert E. Stelten, et al. XVIII. Post-trial motions #1.
Folder 5: United States v. Norbert E. Stelten, et al. XIX. Post-trial motions #2.
Folder 6: United States v. Norbert E. Stelten, et al. XX. Post-trial motions #3.
Folder 7: United States v. Norbert E. Stelten, et al. XXI. Post-trial motions #4.
Folder 8: United States v. Harland L. Sumlin, Cr. 3-85-51. Pled guilty to credit card fraud using various aliases, with funds used for "purely hedonistic reasons" including purchase of $37,000 in clothes. Pre-trial motions, detailed documentation relating to search warrants, psychiatric examination for competency, sentencing memorandum.
Folder 9: Miscellaneous motions involving defendants whose last names begin with "St" through "Sz".
Folder 10: United States v. Summit National Bank of St. Paul, et al, Cr. 3-82-110. Criminal charges for currency reporting violations were resolved through a plea agreement on the eve of trial [cross-reference United States v. Agosto, et al, box 5 folder 6 through box 7 folder 5]. This folder includes indictments and pre-trial motions with attached photocopies of newspaper articles concerning the defendants. I.
Folder 11: United States v. Summit National Bank of St. Paul, et al. II. Pre-trial motions #2.
Folder 12: United States v. Summit National Bank of St. Paul, et al. III. Pre-trial motions #3.
Folder 13: United States v. Summit National Bank of St. Paul, et al. IV. Pre-trial motions #4.
Folder 14: United States v. Summit National Bank of St. Paul, et al. V. Proposed jury instructions.

Box 30

Folder 1: United States v. Summit National Bank of St. Paul, et al. VI. Evidence, proposed exhibits and witnesses, trial plans, plea agreement hearing transcript and orders.
Folder 2: United States v. Clarence Sweets, et al, Cr. 4-86-24. Fraud charges resulting from a Minneapolis "boiler room" operation in which $298.00 packages of vitamins were charged to credit card numbers obtained over the phone from individuals told they had won free vacations to Mexico, and that these numbers were needed to "verify their identity". Warrant for arrest with lengthy Affidavit of Probable Cause, detailed documentation relating to search warrants, pre-trial motions, proposed jury instructions.
Folder 3: United States v. Heidi Deniene Tatro, Cr. 3-84-78. A realty employee, apparently distraught over the death of her child, was charged with mailing death threat letters to mothers of recently born children. FBI exhibit includes photocopies of the threatening letters. Pre-trial motions. Case was apparently resolved before going to jury.
Folder 4: United States v. Rena Renee Taylor, Cr. 3-89-80. Charged with possession of 87 grams of crack cocaine with intent to distribute. Pre-trial motions, detailed documentation relating to search warrants, proposed jury instructions. Case was apparently resolved before going to jury.
Folder 5: United States v. Dennis William Tetens, Cr. 3-83-35. Unsuccessful motion to delete a "special two year parole term" following a two year sentence for distribution of phencyclidine (PCP). Includes detailed presentence report.
Folder 6: Miscellaneous motions involving defendants whose last names begin with "Ta" through "Th".
Folder 7: United States v. Raymond Townsend, Cr. 4-87-111. An airline employee was charged with making false statements to the Social Security Administration to disguise his being gainfully employed while receiving over $60,000 in disability payments. Pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes.
Folder 8: United States v. Christopher A. Vallo, Cr. 6-84-75 and 6-86-125. Plea agreements to mail fraud in confidence schemes involving purported riches from recovery of sunken gold treasures, variously described as being in shipwrecks off the coast of Florida and in the English Channel. Pre-trial motions, proposed jury instructions, plea agreement and sentencing stipulations.
Folder 9: United States v. Pedro Tores Verdecia, Cr. 3-89-22. Charged with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. Pre-trial motions, detailed documentation relating to search warrants, proposed jury instructions. Case was apparently resolved before going to jury.
Folder 10: United States v. Robert John Verdon, Cr. 3-85-12 and 3-85-65. Granted partial relief in recalculation of a plea bargain sentence for charges of intimidating a witness to influence testimony.
Folder 11: United States v. John E. Veronikas, et al, Cr. 3-85-12. Charges stemming from a drug store robbery of prescription medications for illegal resale. Pre-trial motions, detailed documentation relating to search warrants.
Folder 12: United States v. Ronald VonEastman, Cr. 3-88-37. Pled guilty to aiding and abetting in distributing cocaine. A motion to reduce his sentence was denied. Pre-trial motions, detailed documentation relating to search warrants, pre-sentencing report, post-sentencing motion.
Folder 13: Miscellaneous motions involving defendants whose last names begin with "Ti" through "V".
Folder 14: United States v. Daniel Alan Walesch, Cr. 3-87-18. Charged with cocaine distribution. Pre-trial motions, proposed jury instructions. Case was apparently resolved before going to jury.
Folder 15: United States v. Daniel Joseph Waletzki, Cr. 3-85-11. A resident alien was convicted of robbing a bank in the "Dinkytown" district near the University of Minnesota. Pre-trial motions, detailed documentation relating to search warrants, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, post-trial motions.

Box 31

Folder 1: United States v. Kevin Allen Walker, Cr. 3-88-104. Pled guilty to cocaine distribution charges, while unsuccessfully moving to dismiss the charges on the basis that search of his Mercedes-Benz automobile, which held 500 grams of cocaine and several firearms in the trunk, was unlawful. Pre-trial motions, transcript of pre-trial detention hearing, proposed jury instructions.
Folder 2: United States v. William Joseph Walker, Cr. 3-89-106. Plea agreement to charges of using false IDs and social security numbers to obtain and use credit cards under some 26 aliases. Pre-trial motions, plea agreement and sentencing stipulations, Order of Restitution.
Folder 3: United States v. Stanley Walton, et al, Cr. 3-86-33. Judge's order held that payment for prostitution services with credit cards constitutes interstate commerce. His decision was summarized in "Judicial Highlights" for July 1986, copy of which is included in this file.
Folder 4: United States v. Chester Cleo Watley, et al, Cr. 3-88-52. Conspiracy to distribute cocaine base (crack cocaine). Pre-trial motions, plea agreement and sentencing stipulations.
Folder 5: United States v. Jeffrey Scott Webster, Cr. 3-84-77. Conviction for armed bank robbery, upheld on appeal. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. File also includes detailed documentation relating to search warrants.
Folder 6: United States v. James E. Whitfield, Cr. 3-88-7. Conviction for bank robbery, upheld on appeal. Judge Paul Magnuson heard the case up through the jury verdict; subsequently Judge Devitt presided over sentencing, due to on extended illness of Judge Magnuson. Post-trial motions and appeals documents largely relate to constitutionality of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984, an issue that was resolved against the defendant on the basis of Mistretta v. United States, 109 S. Ct. 647 (1989). Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. File also includes evidence and detailed documentation relating to search warrants. I.
Folder 7: United States v. James E. Whitfield. II.
Folder 8: United States v. James E. Whitfield. III.
Folder 9: United States v. George Workcuff, et al, Cr. 3-87-126. Pled guilty to cocaine distribution. Pre-trial motions, letter from probation officer supporting Work Release.
Folder 10: Miscellaneous motions involving defendants whose last names begin with "W".
Folder 11: United States v. Spiros Zorbalas, Cr. 3-89-110. A law student at the University of Minnesota pled guilty to fraud in collecting insurance on his BMW automobile falsely reported as stolen. Pre-trial motions, proposed jury instructions, plea agreement and sentencing stipulations, post-sentencing correspondence.
Folder 12: United States v. Harry Hanson, et al, Cr. 6-79-32. Judge Devitt handed down lengthy sentences, later reduced, to leaders of a politically motivated armed takeover of the Red Lake Indian Reservation police station in May 1979. I.
Folder 13: United States v. Harry Hanson, et al. II.

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