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27 Apr 2009, 8:10 pm
A dismissal of the case against McCaig hinges on whether Judge Molloy accepts the government's proposed jury instruction. [read post]
26 Aug 2012, 4:30 pm by Jamison Koehler
”  He also claimed that the trial court committed reversible error when it instructed the jury that OWI is a “lesser offense” than DUI and when it instructed the jury on separate standards of proof. [read post]
19 Feb 2014, 7:00 am by Jeffrey M. Hanna
Courts have long struggled with interpreting (and thus instructing a jury on) the statutory element of willfulness. [read post]
22 Jan 2018, 3:17 am by Jeremy Saland
Relying on this additional layer of protection would be unfounded and misguided, because it will not be there when the legal instructions are given to the jury before their deliberations. [read post]
29 Sep 2008, 3:52 pm
So, now you know the burden of proof of beyond a reasonable doubt standard applies to criminal cases. [read post]
26 Apr 2022, 5:53 am by Andy Wright
Sand et al., Modern Federal Jury Instructions 8.01 (“When fraudulent intent is an element of the crime, the prosecution has the burden of proving such intent beyond a reasonable doubt. [read post]
3 Dec 2016, 10:41 am by Andrew Delaney
” Probably not the greatest instruction, but no objection was made, and the jury came back with a guilty verdict. [read post]
22 Sep 2022, 8:12 am by Alex Phipps
This summary will be added to Smith’s Criminal Case Compendium, a free and searchable database of case summaries from 2008 to the present. [read post]
6 Sep 2023, 7:21 am by Alex Phipps
These summaries will be added to Smith’s Criminal Case Compendium, a free and searchable database of case summaries from 2008 to the present. [read post]
11 Jun 2010, 12:57 pm by B.W. Barnett
In any case where the legal evidence raises an issue hereunder, the jury shall be instructed that if it believes, or has a reasonable doubt, that the evidence was obtained in violation of the provisions of this Article, then and in such event, the jury shall disregard any such evidence so obtained.The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals instructs that "the trial court has a duty to give an article 38.23 instruction sua sponte (on its… [read post]
12 Nov 2015, 12:56 pm by Andrew Delaney
” Sometimes it’s hard to tell the difference between negligent operation and gross negligent operation, but even mere inattention can suffice for grossly negligent.In this case, the court instructed the jury that the State needed to show that Defendant “disregarded a risk of injury or death” and the State rose to that challenge. [read post]
27 Sep 2022, 12:18 pm by Jennifer Mascott
P. 33 standard for granting new jury trials “if the interest of justice so requires. [read post]
1 Feb 2013, 6:37 pm by Stephen Bilkis
As decided in several jurisprudence, “the prosecutor wholly failed to instruct the jury as to the requirements of legal insufficiency in a circumstantial evidence case… the failure to instruct the jury on the standard to be applied deprives of legal significance the factual determination implicit in the indictment. [read post]
6 Jan 2009, 5:00 pm
The jury, in other words, is not confused by the evidence; it is instead repelled -- in the case of prior felons -- by the demanding standard of proof. [read post]
12 Sep 2014, 7:02 am
 The Court also rejected Lewis’s (1) due process argument, reasoning reversal is not necessary where an indictment fails to charge an element of the offense, (2) automatic reversal argument, distinguishing cases where no criminal conduct was alleged, and (3) constructive amendment argument, because the difference between use and brandishing changed proof with respect to a particular statutory subsection, not the entire theory of the case. [read post]
14 May 2023, 2:14 pm by David Oscar Markus
Percoco’s conviction still cannot stand, the justices ruled, because the instructions that the trial judge gave to the jury in his case were too vague. [read post]