How have the courts treated jury instructions "as a whole" in a jury trial?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from United States v. Goldreich, 16-2597-cr (2nd Cir. 2018):
Government for this point?" After due consideration and consulting with the parties, the district court referred the jury to its original instruction as a whole, which was a correct statement of the law. See United States v. Sabhnani, 599 F.3d 215, 237 (2d Cir. 2010) (noting that, on review, courts consider jury instructions "as a whole"). We find no error in the district court's response,2 and certainly no plain error.
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