▁found ▁Esc amil la ▁not ▁guilty ▁of ▁second - deg ree ▁murder ▁on ▁the ▁high ▁se as , ▁but ▁did ▁find ▁him ▁guilty ▁of ▁the ▁less er ▁off ence ▁of ▁invol unt ary ▁m ans la ugh ter ▁on ▁the ▁high ▁se as . ▁He ▁was ▁sent enced ▁to ▁three ▁years ▁imprison ment , ▁but ▁ba iled ▁pending ▁the ▁outcome ▁of ▁an ▁appeal . ▁ ▁The ▁appeal ▁was ▁made ▁on ▁two ▁grounds ; ▁the ▁first ▁was ▁the ▁question ▁of ▁juris diction , ▁and ▁the ▁second ▁was ▁the ▁argument ▁that ▁there ▁were ▁errors ▁in ▁the ▁conduct ▁of ▁the ▁trial ▁itself . ▁It ▁was ▁taken ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Court ▁of ▁App e als ▁for ▁the ▁Four th ▁Circ uit , ▁which ▁heard ▁the ▁case ▁on ▁ 1 7 ▁August ▁ 1 9 7 0 . ▁ ▁The ▁court ▁sat ▁en ▁b anc ▁as ▁a ▁panel ▁of ▁six ▁jud ges , ▁reflect ing ▁the ▁complexity ▁of ▁the ▁case . ▁They ▁u ph eld ▁the ▁appeal ▁and ▁ordered ▁a ▁ret rial ▁on ▁the ▁basis ▁that ▁the ▁initial ▁trial ▁should ▁not ▁have ▁restricted ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁character ▁witness es , ▁and ▁should ▁have ▁directed ▁the ▁j ury ▁to ▁consider ▁whether ▁the ▁Ar ctic ▁conditions ▁would ▁require ▁different ▁standards ▁for ▁determ ining ▁criminal ity . ▁However , ▁they ▁divided ▁even ly ▁on ▁the ▁matter ▁of ▁juris diction , ▁and ▁so ▁u ph eld ▁the ▁prov is ional ▁r uling ▁that ▁an ▁American ▁court ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁try ▁the ▁case . ▁ ▁On ▁ret rial , ▁with ▁these ▁new