US vs LEONARD PELTIER TRIAL TRANSCRIPT EXCERPTS Case Number CR77-3003

SA CHARLES W. STULL

MR. CROOKS:  United States would next call Mr. Charles Stull.

 CHARLES W. STULL, JR,
being first duly sworn, testified as follows:
 DIRECT EXAMINATION
BY MR. CROOKS

 Q  Mr. Stull, would you repeat your name again for the record, please.
 A  My name is Charles W. Stull, Jr.
 Q  Where do you reside?
 A  I reside in Chicago, Illinois.
 Q  What is your employment?
 A  I'm employed as a special agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
 Q  Mr. Stull, calling your attention back to June of 1975, did you have occasion to be in the Pine Ridge area of South Dakota?
 A  Yes, sir, I did.
 Q  And at the Pine Ridge area did you, as part of your assignment, search the area for various items which may or may not have been connected with the matter which we're trying here?
 A  Yes, sir, that is correct.
 Q  I would show you Exhibit No. 69D. Ask if this is an item {941} that you can identify.
 A  Yes, sir, I can.
 Q  And what is it?
 A  It is a spent 303 caliber cartridge.
 Q  And with regard to that, is that an item that you found in connection with the examination of the crime scene?
 A  Yes, sir, it is.
 Q  And would you show the jury with turning to reference Exhibit No. 71, would you show them the approximate location where that was found using the pointer, if you would.
 A  Found the spent cartridge in this area right here (indicating).
 MR. CROOKS:  Let the record show that he's indicating an area immediately to the east of the small plowed field and short of the parked wrecked cars.
 United States will offer Exhibit 69D.
 MR. TAIKEFF:  No objection.
 THE COURT:  69D is received.
 Q  (By Mr. Crooks) With regard to the shell casing, I might ask you a couple further questions. What was the condition of that shell case at the time that it was found?
 A  It was lying on the ground along an embankment covered by trees.
 Q  And this shell casing appears to be in a tarnished condition {942} now. Was it in the same condition at the time it was found?
 A  As near as I recall, it is approximately the same color, yes.
 Q  All right. And was the shell casing over the, there's been testimony of an embankment down into the bottom. Was it over the enbankment or was it on the higher ground?
 A  It was about halfway.
 Q  All right. So it was somewhere along the tree line, would that be correct?
 A  That is correct.
 Q  All right.
 MR. CROOKS:  We have nothing further.
 MR. TAIKEFF:  No questions.
 THE COURT:  You may step down.