Does a federal district court commit reversible error by failing to give a jury a self-defense jury instruction?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Bernard, 105 F.3d 667 (9th Cir. 1997):
2 United States v. Morton, 999 F.2d 435 (9th Cir.1993) is thus distinguishable. In that case, the district court committed reversible error by not giving a self-defense jury instruction at all.
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