United States Ninth Circuit

Defendant's conviction for involuntary manslaughter is affirmed over his challenges that the district court's instructions to the jury altered the charges brought against him by the grand jury and thus violated his Fifth Amendment rights.

Appellate Information

• Argued 08/08/2003
• Decided 09/13/2004
• Published 09/13/2004

Judges

• ALARCÓN, Senior Circuit Judge:, Before BROWNING, ALARCÓN, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Robin B. Hammond, Federal Defenders of Montana, Billings, MT, for the defendant-appellant., Klaus P. Richter, Office of the United States Attorney, Billings, MT, for the plaintiff-appellee.