Is a jury instruction misstated the elements of the crime of structuring financial transactions to avoid the currency reporting requirements?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Ratzlaf, 976 F.2d 1280 (9th Cir. 1992):

We review de novo the question whether the jury instructions in this case misstated the elements of the crime of structuring financial transactions to avoid the currency reporting requirements. United States v. Durham, 941 F.2d 886, 890 (9th Cir.1991). "We review a claim of error in a jury instruction by looking to 'the adequacy of the entire charge ... in the context of the whole trial.' " United States v. Mundi, 892 F.2d 817, 818 (9th Cir.1989), cert. denied, --- U.S. ----, 111 S.Ct. 1072, 112 L.Ed.2d 1178 (1991) (quoting United States v. Marabelles, 724 F.2d 1374, 1382 (9th Cir.1984)).

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