The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today released an opinion in USA v. ARNT, No. 05-50124, a criminal appeal. The panel consisted of Betty B. Fletcher, Ferdinand F. Fernandez, and Susan P. Graber, Circuit Judges.

B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
A jury convicted LaTasha Lorraine Arnt of committing voluntary manslaughter while accompanying the Armed Forces of the United States in Turkey, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1112(a), 3261(a). The court sentenced her to eight years in prison and ordered her to pay restitution to the victim’s family. On appeal, Arnt raises several challenges to her conviction and sentence. She asserts that the indictment failed to allege an essential element and challenges several aspects of her conviction, including the sufficiency of the evidence and the . . .

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