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U.S. v. OWENS

No. 87-8556.

854 F.2d 432 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alvin Omega OWENS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 6, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sandra Popson, Macon, Ga., (Court-appointed), for defendant-appellant.

Miriam Wansley Duke, Asst. U.S. Atty., Macon, Ga., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before TJOFLAT and EDMONDSON, Circuit Judges, and WISDOM, Senior Circuit Judge.

EDMONDSON, Circuit Judge:

In this opinion we construe and apply the Insanity Defense Reform Act of 1984.1 Alvin Omega Owens was indicted and convicted for possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C.App. sec. 1202(a)(1) (as amended by the Armed Career Criminal Act of 1984 (ACCA)).2 At trial, he presented expert witness testimony on the issue of his insanity at the time of the alleged crime. The district...

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