Is there any error or error in the trial judge's instructions to the jury in a sexual assault case?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Stepney v. Lopes, 760 F.2d 40 (2nd Cir. 1985):

1 Stepney also argues here, as he did in the district court, that certain statements in the trial judge's instructions to the jury "focus[ed]" on his credibility and that of his wife and thereby violated his right to due process. See 592 F.Supp. at 1546-49. Viewing these aspects of the instructions, either singly or in combination, in the context of the charge as a whole, Cupp v. Naughten, 414 U.S. 141, 146-47, 94 S.Ct. 396, 400-01, 38 L.Ed.2d 368 (1973), we find no error and no prejudice to Stepney.

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