UNITED STATES v. COLLINS

No. 81-3662 Summary Calendar.

690 F.2d 431 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Curtis L. COLLINS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 12, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William F. Wessel, Court-Appointed, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellant.

John Volz, U. S. Atty., Louis Moore, Jr., Michael Schatzow, Asst. U. S. Attys., New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GEE, RANDALL and TATE, Circuit Judges.


RANDALL, Circuit Judge:

Curtis Collins appeals his jury conviction for first degree murder and assault. He contends that his conviction should be reversed because (1) the government failed to prove him sane beyond a reasonable doubt; (2) there was insufficient evidence of premeditation to convict him of first degree murder; (3) the trial court erred in refusing to give an instruction to the jury on manslaughter as a lesser included offense; (4) the trial court abused...

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