Does a federal court have jurisdiction to instruct a jury in a sexual assault case?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Stepanov v. Johnson, No. 2:12-cv-02644-JKS (E.D. Cal. 2015):
Stepanov further argues that the trial court made a number of errors with respect to its charges to the jury. Because jury instructions in state trial are typically matters of state law, federal courts are bound by a state appellate court's determination that a jury instruction was not warranted under state law. See Bradshaw v. Richey, 546 U.S. 74, 76 (2005) (noting that the
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