Billeci v. United States. Lewis v. United States

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “The difference between assisting the jury, which is the duty of a federal judge, and encroaching upon its responsibilities, which is forbidden, has been developed at great length many times.... ”
• “must” charge “is not the law. The law is that if the jury believes beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant has committed the offense it should find a verdict of guilty, but if there be a reasonable doubt in the minds of the jurors they must acquit.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).