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GOVERNMENT OF VIRGIN ISLANDS v. FREDERICKS

No. 77-1963.

578 F.2d 927 (1978)

GOVERNMENT OF the VIRGIN ISLANDS v. Ivar FREDERICKS, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided April 24, 1978.

As Amended June 7, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert A. Sheen, Hodge & Sheen, Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I., for appellant.

Mark L. Milligan, Asst. U. S. Atty., Dept. of Justice, Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I., for appellee.

Before ADAMS, ROSENN and HUNTER, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

JAMES HUNTER, III, Circuit Judge:

Defendant Ivar Fredericks appeals from his conviction of voluntary manslaughter, 14 V.I.C. § 924(1), in the District Court of the Virgin Islands. He has been sentenced to imprisonment for a term of six years. This appeal challenges the adequacy of the jury instructions relating to his insanity defense. We affirm.

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In the early hours of the morning of March 7, 1977, Fredericks drove to a dilapidated...

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