United States v. Ned Begay

892 F.2d 1047 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ned BEGAY, Defendant-Appellant. No. 89-10022. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Dec. 11, 1989. * Decided Dec. 22, 1989. Before CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, BRUNETTI and NOONAN, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Ned Begay appeals his conviction and sentence for involuntary vehicular manslaughter on an Indian reservation. We affirm the district court. 3 Substantial evidence was presented that Begay had been drinking heavily before he drove his pickup truck forward, when he should have gone backwards, with the result that he ran over and killed a man standing in front of the truck. Begay immediately left the scene of the accident without inquiring into the condition of his victim. He was found in an intoxicated condition at his home. 4 Begay challenges two instructions given the jury. The first was as follows: 5 The intentional flight of a defendant…