United States v. Elvin Wrensford

OPINION OF THE COURT

(August 31,2017)

Shwartz, Circuit Judge.

Elvin Wrensford and Craig Muller (“Defendants”) were convicted of federal and territorial crimes arising from a May 10, 2012 shooting in Christiansted, St. Croix. Defendants appeal the District Court’s orders denying their motions to suppress evidence, the admission at trial of out-of-court identifications, orders denying their motions for mistrials based on the jury poll, and the refusal to give a voluntary manslaughter jury instruction. Muller also challenges the sufficiency of the evidence against him.

Because Wrensford was de facto…