U.S. v. GARCIA

No. 1729, Docket 95-1587.

94 F.3d 57 (1996)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Felix GARCIA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided August 26, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Reeve, Assistant Federal Public Defender, New Haven, CT (Thomas G. Dennis, Federal Public Defender, New Haven, CT, of counsel) for Defendant-Appellant.

Barbara Bailey Jongbloed, Assistant United States Attorney, District of Connecticut, New Haven, CT (Christopher F. Droney, United States Attorney, District of Connecticut, New Haven, CT; John W. McReynolds, Trial Attorney, United States Department of Justice, New York City, of counsel) for Appellee.

Before: LUMBARD, ALTIMARI, and WALKER, Circuit Judges.


WALKER, Circuit Judge:

Defendant Felix Garcia appeals from his conviction before the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (T.F. Gilroy Daly, District Judge). On appeal, Garcia claims that: (1) the district court erred in instructing the jury that in order to find that Garcia satisfied his burden of proving insanity, his severe mental disease, rather than his alcohol and drug use at the time of the commission of the crime, must have been...

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