How have courts dealt with the burden of proving that a proposed charge accurately represents the law?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S.A v. Beltran, No. 10-161-cr (2nd Cir. 2011):
burden" of showing not only that his proposed charge accurately represents the law, but also that the charge actually given, without his requested instruction, prejudiced him. United States v. Feliciano, 223 F.3d 102, 116 (2d Cir. 2000).
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