BEAM, Circuit Judge.
Defendant Roy Bruno One Star appeals his conviction for voluntary manslaughter under 18 U.S.C. § 1112. We reverse and remand for a new trial.
I. BACKGROUND
All accounts of the events occurring the morning of January 12, 1991, are somewhat obscured by an alcoholic fog. Nevertheless, certain facts are clear. Murieldine Eagleman, ("Eagleman"), and Roy Bruno One Star, ("One Star"), lived together sporadically. At the time of...
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