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FBI SNIPER TO STAND TRIAL IN RUBY RIDGE CASE

FBI seal January 7, 1998 Web posted at: 6:32 p.m. EST (2332 GMT)

BONNERS FERRY, Idaho (AP) -- A judge Wednesday ordered an FBI sharpshooter to stand trial on a state manslaughter charge for the death of white separatist Randy Weaver's wife in the 1992 siege at Ruby Ridge.

The U.S. Justice Department decided in 1994 against prosecuting Lon Horiuchi and upheld the decision last year after a long review. But in August, Boundary County Prosecutor Denise Woodbury filed a charge of involuntary manslaughter.

Magistrate Judge Quentin Harden decided there was probable cause to bring Horiuchi to trial on the state charge. Harden scheduled a February 13 arraignment before state Judge James Michaud.

A federal judge is to hear arguments Monday from Horiuchi's lawyers in Boise that the case should be transferred to federal court.

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