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GOVERNMENT OF VIRGIN ISLANDS v. CARINO

No. 79-2132.

631 F.2d 226 (1980)

GOVERNMENT OF the VIRGIN ISLANDS v. Luis CARINO, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided August 20, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allan A. Christian, argued, Frederiksted, V. I., for appellant.

Ishmael A. Meyers, U.S. Atty., Douglas R. Schwartz, Asst. U.S. Atty., District of Virgin Islands, Christiansted, V. I., David B. Smith, argued, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before ADAMS, MARIS and SLOVITER, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.

I.

Luis Carino appeals from his conviction for assault with intent to commit mayhem and possession of an unlicensed firearm.1 At his jury trial, Carino claimed that he acted in self-defense. On appeal he argues that it was error for the district court to have excluded evidence of the victim's prior conviction for manslaughter which he wanted to use in order to show that...

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