United States Fifth Circuit

A conviction for first degree murder on a government reservation is affirmed where the government sufficiently proved that defendant was within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States when he committed the murder, and a jury instruction regarding the issue did not constitute plain error.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/15/2007
• Published 02/16/2007

Judges

• PER CURIAM:, Before HIGGINBOTHAM, SMITH and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Joseph H. Gay, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., Diane D. Kirstein (argued), San Antonio, TX, for U.S., Steven Gregory White, Wesley David Lloyd (argued), Naman, Howell, Smith & Lee, Waco, TX, for Reff.