United States Fifth Circuit

A conviction on three counts of arson is affirmed where, when considering the appropriate reach of the expert testimony and other evidence in the light most favorable to defendant, the evidence was insufficient to warrant a jury instruction on insanity.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/15/2008
• Published 04/15/2008

Judges

• BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:, Before REAVLEY, BENAVIDES and ELROD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• John Malcolm Bales, Asst. U.S. Atty., Lufkin, TX, Errin Blythe Martin (argued), Sherman, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Stanley G. Schneider (argued), Schneider & McKinney, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.