article_snippet: An attorney for a former Marine found guilty in the shooting deaths of American Sniper author Chris Kyle and another man has filed an appeal.
article_snippet: St. John also filed a motion for a new trial, arguing the conviction and sentence were contrary to law and evidence.
article_snippet: At minimum, attorney John Borger wrote, Kyle should be granted a new trial.
article_snippet: attorney John Borger said Kyle also erred in giving instructions to A federal jury. '
article_snippet: A former Marine was convicted in A former Marine death last month.
highlights_snippet: Chris Kyle has filed to appeal the capital murder charge and called for a re-trial .
  