Legal Opinion
United States v. Emerson Seschillie
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 21, 2002No. 01-10147PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BERZON, Circuit Judge.
One evening Emerson Seschillie fired shots at four people, including himself, at a bead stand on the Navajo Reservation. At his jury trial, Seschillie’s sole defense with regard to all the shootings was that he did not intend to pull the trigger of his .357 revolver. Rather, Seschillie argued, each time the gun was fired he and someone else were struggling for control of the gun, causing him to accidentally fire it. We must decide whether the jury conviction should be set aside because (1) the trial court prohibited Seschillie’s expert witness from testifying about the…
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