UNITED STATES v. SEGNA

No. 76-1418.

555 F.2d 226 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joseph John SEGNA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing June 7, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Ochoa, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Phoenix, Ariz., argued for defendant-appellant.

William C. Smitherman, U. S. Atty., Michael B. Scott, Asst. U. S. Atty., Phoenix, Ariz., argued, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WALLACE and SNEED, Circuit Judges, and Gray, District Judge.


As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc June 7, 1977.

WALLACE, Circuit Judge:

Segna, a non-Indian, shot and killed an Indian policeman on the Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona. After a trial where the only contested issue was Segna's legal sanity at the time of the offense he was convicted of first degree murder. 18 U.S.C. §§ 1111, 1152. Segna argues to us that the evidence was insufficient...

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