United States v. Bradley Allen Seymour

9 F.3d 1555 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Bradley Allen SEYMOUR, Defendant-Appellant. No. 92-10609. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Nov. 1, 1993. * Decided Nov. 8, 1993. Before: SCHROEDER, D.W. NELSON, and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Bradley Allen Seymour appeals his conviction, following a jury trial, for bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113 (a). Seymour contends the district court erred by refusing to give a jury instruction on the insanity defense. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We affirm. 3 It is an affirmative defense to a federal prosecution that, "at the time of the commission of the acts constituting the offense, the defendant, as a result of a severe mental disease or defect, was unable to appreciate the nature and quality or the wrongfulness of his acts." 18 U.S.C. § 17 . When a defendant has otherwise properly…