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U.S. v. LEWIS

No. 87-1030.

837 F.2d 415 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lawrence LEWIS, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided January 26, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederic F. Kay, Federal Public Defender, Tucson, Ariz., for defendant-appellant.

Cindy K. Jorgenson, Asst. U.S. Atty., Tucson, Ariz., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GOODWIN and FLETCHER, Circuit Judges, and KING, District Judge.

GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:

Lawrence Lewis, Jr., was tried and convicted under 18 U.S.C. § 1111 (1982)1 for the second-degree murder of his two-year-old stepson, Jordan Francis.

On appeal, the defendant challenges: 1) the prosecutor's use of a peremptory challenge to excuse a black juror; 2) the trial court's exclusion of expert psychiatric testimony concerning the defendant's state of mind; and 3) the trial court's admission...

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