United States v. Bradley A. Thurmond

21 F.3d 1119 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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 A. THURMOND, Defendant-Appellant. No. 92-10696. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 13, 1993. Decided April 5, 1994. Before: LAY, * HALL and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 A jury convicted Bradley A. Thurmond of first-degree murder of his wife. He appeals, contending the district court failed to instruct the jury on an essential jurisdictional element of the crime: that the killing occurred on Ford Ord, within the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States. He also argues the court erred in failing to suppress his confession, and committed plain error by failing to instruct the jury on the lesser-included offense of second-degree murder. 3 We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1291 and we affirm. 4 The federal murder statute under which Thurmond was convicted is 18 U.S.C. Sec. 1111 . After defining…