Government of the Virgin Islands v. Luis Carino

OPINION OF THE COURT

SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.

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Luis Carino appeals from his conviction for assault with intent to commit mayhem and possession of an unlicensed firearm. 1 At his jury trial, Carino claimed that he acted in self-defense. On appeal he argues that it was error for the district court to have excluded evidence of the victim’s prior conviction for manslaughter which he wanted to use in order to show that the victim was the aggressor, to impeach her credibility and to show his state of mind at the time of the crime. For the reasons that follow, we will affirm the judgment of conviction.