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MAFNAS v. GOVERNMENT OF GUAM

No. 14600.

228 F.2d 283 (1955)

Silvestrie C. MAFNAS, Appellant, v. The GOVERNMENT OF GUAM, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

December 19, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Finton J. Phelan, Jr., Agana, Guam, for appellant.

Howard D. Porter, Atty. Gen., Leon D. Flores, Island Atty., Louis A. Otto, Jr., Deputy Atty. Gen., Government of Guam, Agana, Guam, for appellee.

Before DENMAN, Chief Judge, and BONE and ORR, Circuit Judges.

DENMAN, Chief Judge.

Mafnas appeals from a judgment and sentence of the District Court of Guam based upon an information charging him of involuntary manslaughter, a crime created by Congress in its provision in Section 25(a) of the Guam Organic Act, 64 Stat. 384, 390-391, 48 U.S.C.A. § 1421c(a).

"The laws of Guam in force on the date of enactment of this Act, except as amended by this Act, are hereby continued in force, subject to modification or repeal...

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