U.S. v. SCAFE

No. 85-2442.

822 F.2d 928 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Thomas F. SCAFE, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

June 15, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ira R. Kirkendoll, Asst. Federal Public Defender, D. Kan., Kansas City, Kan. (Charles D. Anderson, Federal Public Defender, D. Kan., Kansas City, Kan., was also on the brief), for defendant-appellant.

Richard L. Hathaway, Asst. U.S. Atty., Topeka, Kan. (Benjamin L. Burgess, Jr., U.S. Atty., Topeka, Kan., was also on the brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before HOLLOWAY, Chief Judge, and BARRETT and SEYMOUR, Circuit Judges.


HOLLOWAY, Chief Judge.

Defendant-appellant Scafe appeals his conviction and life sentence for murder in the first degree in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1111(a) (1984 and 1986 Supp.). On appeal, his main contentions are that the trial court erred (1) when it refused to instruct the jury on the lesser included offense of voluntary manslaughter; (2) when the judge denied Scafe's motion to disclose the identity of two confidential...

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