Does a reasonable doubt instruction need to be reviewed de novo?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Gomez-Morales, 15 F.3d 1092 (9th Cir. 1994):
Each appellant argues that the district court gave an improper reasonable doubt instruction. A reasonable doubt instruction is reviewed de novo to determine whether it is an accurate statement of the law. United States v. Velasquez, 980 F.2d 1275, 1278 (9th Cir.1992), cert. denied, 113 S.Ct. 2979 (1993).
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