United States v. Emerson Seschillie

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · Decided 2002-11-21

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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…

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