United States v. Steven Lee Swallow

HENRY, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Steven Lee Swallow was found guilty of two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of second-degree murder under 18 U.S.C. § 1111(a), and four counts of carrying a firearm during the commission of a violent crime under 18 U.S.C. § 924(e). Mr. Swallow appeals his convictions for two counts of second-degree murder for the murders of his wife, Cleo, and his brother, Ethan. Specifically, Mr. Swallow appeals the district court’s refusal to give his proposed jury instructions regarding intervening cause arguing: (1) that the unforeseeable gross negligence of a…