Legal Opinion
United States v. Christopher James Anderson, United States of America v. Carlos Anthony Miranda, A.K.A. Pico
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 25, 2000No. 98-50238, 98-50239PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judge:
Christopher James Anderson and Carlos Anthony Miranda, inmates at Lompoc Federal Corrections Institute, were convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the stabbing death of another inmate. On appeal, they raise a number of issues, including whether it was plain error not to instruct the jury on the lesser included offense of involuntary manslaughter. We conclude that the failure to give an involuntary manslaughter instruction was plain error, and we reverse.
FACTS
Christopher James Anderson and Carlos Anthony Miranda were prisoners in the Lompoc Federal Corrections…
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