I found the link on the drawing that the government sniper made when he killed the mom. He did this drawing shortly after the murder, then later claimed he was shooting at the guy running into the door. His artwork makes a lie of that, he deliberatly targeted the woman holding open the door.
http://www.ruby-ridge.com/gspence3.htm#HoriuchiSketch
I was wrong about Horiuchi not having a lawyer, he did have one to help him ease out of his possible legal troubles over his murdering the mother on the orders of his superiors.
It appears the "following orders" defense worked for Horiuchi, yet that defense certainly did not hold up 50 years ago at Nuremburg.